Therocephalia
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Therocephalia is an extinct group of predatory therapsid synapsids that lived primarily during the Permian and Triassic periods and shows several mammal-like features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Therocephalia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21652047 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Therocephalia Context triple: [Therapsids, includes, Therocephalia]
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A.
Dicynodontia
Dicynodontia is an extinct group of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that were among the most abundant land vertebrates before and after the Permian–Triassic extinction.
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B.
Pseudosuchia
Pseudosuchia is a major archosaur group that includes modern crocodilians and their extinct relatives, such as many Triassic predatory reptiles.
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C.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
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D.
Archelosauria
Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Mesosauria
Mesosauria is an extinct order of early aquatic reptiles from the early Permian period, notable for some of the earliest evidence of secondary adaptation to life in water.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Therocephalia Target entity description: Therocephalia is an extinct group of predatory therapsid synapsids that lived primarily during the Permian and Triassic periods and shows several mammal-like features.
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A.
Dicynodontia
Dicynodontia is an extinct group of herbivorous, tusked therapsids (mammal-like reptiles) that were among the most abundant land vertebrates before and after the Permian–Triassic extinction.
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B.
Pseudosuchia
Pseudosuchia is a major archosaur group that includes modern crocodilians and their extinct relatives, such as many Triassic predatory reptiles.
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C.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
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D.
Archelosauria
Archelosauria is a major reptile clade that unites turtles with archosaurs such as crocodilians and birds based on shared evolutionary ancestry.
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E.
Mesosauria
Mesosauria is an extinct order of early aquatic reptiles from the early Permian period, notable for some of the earliest evidence of secondary adaptation to life in water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
therapsids