Chronoperates paradoxus

Definitions of Chronoperates paradoxus
  1. noun
    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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    type of:
    protomammal, therapsid
    probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals
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