sb. and a. Palæont. [Formed as prec.]
A. sb. = prec.
1849–52. Owen, in Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 867/2. A singular family of gigantic extinct Batrachians which I have called ‘Labyrinthodonts.’
1873. Dawson, Earth & Man, viii. 201. The crocodilian newts or labyrinthodonts of the Carboniferous.
B. adj. Having labyrinthic teeth; spec. pertaining to the genus Labyrinthodon of fossil amphibians.
1867. W. W. Smyth, Coal & Coal-mining, 39. Amphibian Labyrinthodont reptiles.
1876. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xiv. 254. Those labyrinthodont reptiles that come boldly into force in the Permian and Triassic eras.
