Labyrinthodon

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:46:18

Lab`y*rin"tho*don (?), n. [Gr. labyrinth + , , tooth.] Paleon.

A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

 

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