CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada; from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles)

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Hypernyms ("Chronoperates paradoxus" is a kind of...):

protomammal; therapsid (probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals)

Holonyms ("Chronoperates paradoxus" is a member of...):

Chronoperates; genus Chronoperates (a reptile genus of Therapsida)

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