procolophonoid

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procolophonoid (plural procolophonoids)

  1. (zoology) Any parareptile of the superfamily Procolophonoidea.
    • 2016, Jennifer A. Clack, Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear: Evidence from the Fossil Record:
      The presence of an ossified extrastapes in Youngina, however, seems to support a less specialized hearing function than that of procolophonoids.
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