- descendants. The term
thecodont is
still used as an
anatomical description of the
tooth morphology seen in
these species and others.
Thecodonts are characterized...
-
Thecodont dentition is a
morphological arrangement in
which the base of the
tooth is
completely enclosed in a deep
socket of bone, as seen in crocodilians...
- torn
loose during feeding. This
feature is
responsible for the name "
thecodont" (meaning "socket teeth"),
which early paleontologists applied to many...
- that bird
ancestors would instead be
found among the more
primitive "
thecodont"
grade of reptiles. Heilmann's
extremely thorough approach ensured that...
-
their dermal girdle, a
reduction and/or loss of the sternum, and a more
thecodont dentition.
Living lepidosauromorphs have
retained an
ectothermic ("cold...
-
abandoned in
favor of the idea of them
being descendants of
generalized thecodonts, with the key
piece of
evidence being the
supposed lack of
clavicles in...
- are polyphyodonts.
Heterodont Monophyodont Polyphyodont Schultz's rule
Thecodont dentition Buchtova, M.; Stembirek, J.; Glocova, K.; Matalova, E.; Tucker...
-
animals in
which the
teeth are set in
sockets in the
jawbones is
termed thecodont. The
evolutionary origin of the
vertebrate dentition remains contentious...
- Paul C.; Wild,
Rupert (December 15, 1992). "Procompsognathus: theropod, "
thecodont" or both?".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 12 (4): 435–458. doi:10...
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crurotarsans (large
archosaurian reptiles previously grouped together as the
thecodonts) disappeared, as did most of the
large labyrinthodont amphibians, groups...
