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