Zoology: General

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences A Dictionary of Zoology Further reading

Anapsida

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Anapsida Group of reptiles characterized by a skull that lacks apertures in the temple regions behind the eyes. This was the condition in the earliest reptiles, the Cotylosauria or ‘stem reptiles’. Four groups flourished in the late Palaeozoic: the Captorhinomorpha; the Mesosauria; the Pareiasauridae; and the Procolophonia, which survived into the Triassic. The only living representatives are the turtles (Chelonia).

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Anapsida.html

AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Anapsida.html

Learn more about citation styles

Anapsida

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

Anapsida (class Reptilia) A subclass of reptiles characterized by a skull that lacks apertures in the temple regions behind the eyes. The only living representatives are the turtles (Chelonia) but three other groups flourished in the late Palaeozoic, two of them surviving into the Triassic.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Anapsida.html

MICHAEL ALLABY. "Anapsida." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-Anapsida.html

Learn more about citation styles