Definition of Cynodont. Meaning of Cynodont. Synonyms of Cynodont

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Definition of Cynodont

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Dicynodont
Dicynodont Di*cyn"o*dont, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? dog + ?, ?, tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

Meaning of Cynodont from wikipedia

- Mammals are cynodonts, as are their extinct ancestors and close relatives (Mammaliaformes), having evolved from advanced probainognathian cynodonts during...
- remaining non-mammalian cynodonts were small, such as Tritylodon. No cynodont grew larger than a cat. Most Jur****ic and Cretaceous cynodonts were herbivorous...
- Luangwa is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts. The species Luangwa drysdalli was discovered 1963 in the valley of the Luangwa river in Zambia...
- pterosaurs, etc.) during the Middle Tri****ic. The therapsids include the cynodonts, the group that gave rise to mammals (Mammaliaformes) in the Late Tri****ic...
- million years ago. The cynodonts, a theriodont group that also arose in the late Permian, include the ancestors of all mammals. Cynodonts' mammal-like features...
- Riojanodon is an extinct genus of chiniquodontid cynodont that inhabited what is now Argentina during the latest Middle and earliest Late Tri****ic epochs...
- brief surge in diversification in the Tri****ic, with dicynodonts and cynodonts quickly becoming dominant, but they declined throughout the period with...
- Epicynodontia is a clade of cynodont therapsids that includes most cynodonts, such as galesaurids, thrinaxodontids, and Eucynodontia (including mammals)...
- Probainognathus meaning “progressive jaw” is an extinct genus of cynodonts that lived around 235 to 221.5 million years ago, during the Late Tri****ic...
- therapsids into extinction, leaving only the smaller burrowing cynodonts. The surviving cynodonts could only succeed in leftover niches with minimal competitions...