anapsid
/əˈnapsɪd
/noun Zoology
A reptile of a group characterized by a lack of temporal openings in the skull, including the turtles and their relatives and many early fossil forms.
- Sometimes placed in a subclass Anapsida, though this taxon is now often not recognized.
- If anything, the synapsids seem more closely related to anapsids than diapsids.
- Today, only one group of anapsids remains (Chelonia - the turtles), which truly could be called an evolutionary success story.
Origin
1930s: from modern Latin Anapsida, from Greek an- 'without' + apsis, apsid- 'arch'.
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