An animal belonging to the group Condylopoda; historically used for certain extinct marine arthropods with distinctive limb structures.
From Greek kondylos (knob) + pous (foot). Paleontologists used this term for ancient creatures with characteristic joint-like or knobbed leg/limb structures.
Condylopods are one of paleontology's mysterious groups—they're extinct marine arthropods that were somehow distinct enough to get their own name, but we're still figuring out how they're related to modern creatures.
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