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Thecodont
Thecodont The"co*dont, a. [Gr. ? a case + ?, ?, a tooth.]
1. (Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the
alveoli of the jaws.
2. (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.
Thecodont
Thecodont The"co*dont, n. (Paleon.)
One of the Thecodontia.
Meaning of Thecodont from wikipedia
- descendants. The term
thecodont is
still used as an
anatomical description of the
tooth morphology seen in
these species and others.
Thecodonts are characterized...
- that bird
ancestors would instead be
found among the more
primitive "
thecodont"
grade of reptiles. Heilmann's
extremely thorough approach ensured that...
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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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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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their dermal girdle, a
reduction and/or loss of the sternum, and a more
thecodont dentition.
Living lepidosauromorphs have
retained an
ectothermic ("cold...
- torn
loose during feeding. This
feature is
responsible for the name "
thecodont" (meaning "socket teeth"),
which early paleontologists applied to many...
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skull and most of a
skeleton of its holotype, and
considering it to be a
thecodont possibly close to the
origins of dinosaurs. The
skull of
Euparkeria had...
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animals in
which the
teeth are set in
sockets in the
jawbones is
termed thecodont. The
evolutionary origin of the
vertebrate dentition remains contentious...
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presence of
teeth with sub-triangular crowns,
enlarged denticles, and
thecodont tooth implantation), as an
amniote of
uncertain affinities (Kammerer et...
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typically held in
place by
connective ligaments. This
contrasts with
thecodont implantation, in
which the
teeth are set in
sockets and
surrounded by...
