Definition of cynodont. Meaning of cynodont. Synonyms 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

- Cynodonts (clade Cynodontia lit. 'dog-teeth') are eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian (approximately 260 mya), and extensively...
- diversifying reptiles during the Middle Tri****ic. The therapsids include the cynodonts, the group that gave rise to mammals (Mammaliaformes) in the Late Tri****ic...
- remaining non-mammalian cynodonts were small, such as Tritylodon. No cynodont grew larger than a cat. Most Jur****ic and Cretaceous cynodonts were herbivorous...
- 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...
- Luangwa is an extinct genus of traversodontid cynodonts. The species Luangwa drysdalli was discovered 1963 in the valley of the Luangwa river in Zambia...
- ancestors, drove the remaining larger cynodonts into extinction, leaving only the smaller forms. The surviving cynodonts could only succeed in niches with...
- Epicynodontia is a clade of cynodont therapsids that includes most cynodonts, such as galesaurids, thrinaxodontids, and Eucynodontia (including mammals)...
- therapsids became dominant during the Middle Permian. Mammals originated from cynodonts, an advanced group of therapsids, during the Late Tri****ic to Early Jur****ic...
- proposed that cynodonts may have evolved from therocephalians and so that therocephalians as recognised are paraphyletic in relation to cynodonts. The fossils...
- survived into the Tri****ic: dicynodonts, therocephalians, and cynodonts. The cynodont Cynognathus was a characteristic top predator in the Olenekian...