order temnospondyli

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   formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate

   SynonymsTemnospondyli

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofLabyrinthodontia

Questions about order temnospondyli

What does order temnospondyli mean?

order temnospondyli means "formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate".

What is another word for order temnospondyli?

Close synonyms include Temnospondyli. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is order temnospondyli a common word?

order temnospondyli is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.