Definition of Dicynodonts. Meaning of Dicynodonts. Synonyms of Dicynodonts

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Definition of Dicynodonts

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 Dicynodonts from wikipedia

- powerful shearing action, which would have enabled dicynodonts to cope with tough plant material. Dicynodonts typically had a pair of enlarged maxillary caniniform...
- remaining groups—dicynodonts, therocephalians and cynodonts—reduced to a handful of species each by the earliest Tri****ic. Surviving dicynodonts were represented...
- Like some other Tri****ic dicynodonts, Lisowicia was completely toothless and lacked even the tusks typical of most dicynodonts. Instead, it had a pair...
- Placerias belongs to a group of dicynodonts called Kannemeyeriiformes, which was the last known group of dicynodonts before the taxon became extinct at...
- reduced by the Permian–Tri****ic extinction event. Only the therapsid dicynodonts and eutheriodonts (consisting of Therocephalia and Cynodontia) are known...
- Tri****ic dicynodonts. As a clade, Kannemeyeriiformes has been defined to include the species Kannemeyeria simocephalus and all dicynodonts more closely...
- Permian period, saw a brief surge in diversification in the Tri****ic, with dicynodonts and cynodonts quickly becoming dominant, but they declined throughout...
- Permian and Tri****ic periods. By far the most speciose group are the dicynodonts, a clade of beaked, tusked herbivores. Anomodonts were very diverse during...
- Unlike other therapsids, dicynodonts had very short snouts and no teeth except for the tusk-like upper canines. Dicynodonts are generally thought to have...
- known dicynodonts to have coexisted with large-bodied sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Prior to its discovery, large sauropodomorphs and dicynodonts were thought...