CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chronoperates paradoxus mean? 

• CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS (noun)
  The noun CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHRONOPERATES PARADOXUS (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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Nouns denoting animals

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)