Anapsid
belonging or pertaining to the anapsida, a subcl-ss of reptiles, extinct except for the turtles, characterized by having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
a reptile of the subcl-ss anapsida.
anapsid
(ə-nāp’sĭd)
a reptile having a skull with no temporal openings. the earliest reptiles, the cotylosaurs, were anapsids, as are modern turtles. anapsids probably gave rise to the diapsids and synapsids. compare diapsid, synapsid, therapsid.
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