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distinguishing feature is the
large caniniform tooth in
front of the maxilla.
Eothyridids share with the
Caseidae a
number of
specialised features ****ociated with...
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snout tip that
overhangs the
tooth row.
Early caseasaurs,
including all
eothyridids, were
relatively small animals. However, most
caseids reached larger...
- of
basal synapsids,
incorporating newly described basal caseids and
eothyridids,
returned Caseasauria to its
position as the
sister to all
other synapsids...
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caseids and
eothyridids are
equally closely related to the last
common ancestor of synapsids, the body plan of
Oedaleops and
other eothyridids (characterized...
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transformation during the
evolution of the group.
Early synapsids such as
eothyridids and
caseids retained long
quadratojugals and in some
cases even reacquire...
- (2016). "A Re-Description of 'Mycterosaurus' smithae, an
Early Permian Eothyridid, and Its
Impact on the
Phylogeny of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids". PLOS...
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instead of a
microsaur it was the
oldest known synapsid,
possibly an
eothyridid. Dawson's "Hylerpeton"
intermedium was
determined to be an indeterminate...
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proportionally taller snout than more
basal synapsids such as
varanopids and
eothyridids.
Ianthodon belongs to the
clade Sphenacodontia within the
clade Sphenacomorpha...
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maxilla is
about half the size. In this
respect it is more
similar to
eothyridids like
Eothyris and
Oedaleops than it is to B. trux or ophiacodontids....
- (2016). "A Re-Description of 'Mycterosaurus' smithae, an
Early Permian Eothyridid, and Its
Impact on the
Phylogeny of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids". PLOS...
