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