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natural groups, and
because thecodonts are a
paraphyletic group (they
include among their descendants animals that are not
thecodonts), the term is no longer...
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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...
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classifying organisms,
thecodonts were no
longer considered a
valid grouping.
Because they are
considered a "basal stock",
thecodonts are paraphyletic, meaning...
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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...
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front of the eyes).
Reptiles with
these traits have also been
termed "
thecodonts" in
older methods of classification.
Thecodontia is a
paraphyletic group...
- S2CID 219193351. Bonaparte, J. F. (1984). "Locomotion in
rauisuchid thecodonts".
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 3 (4): 210–218. doi:10.1080/02724634...
- archosaurs. The name
Pseudosuchia became a
wastebasket taxon into
which all
thecodonts that did not fit in the
other three suborders could be placed. Even Sharovipteryx...
- Rivadavia" 3:55–101. Bonaparte, J. F. (1986).
Locomotion in
Rauisuchid Thecodonts.
Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 3(4):210-218. Nesbitt, S. J., Brusatte...
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crurotarsans (large
archosaurian reptiles previously grouped together as the
thecodonts) disappeared, as did most of the
large labyrinthodont amphibians, groups...
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considered it a "pseudosuchian" (then a
collection of
various non-dinosaurian "
thecodonts"). In 1972 he
named a
second species,
Lagosuchus lilloensis,
known from...
