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What (who) is cynodont - definition

CLADE OF THERAPSIDS
Cynodonta; Cynodonts; Cynodontia
  • Skeleton of ''[[Procynosuchus]]''
  • Skull of ''[[Thrinaxodon]]''

cynodont         
['s??n?(?)d?nt]
¦ noun a fossil carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, with well-developed specialized teeth.
Origin
C19: from Gk kuon, kun- 'dog' + odous, odont- 'tooth'.

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Cynodont

Cynodonts (lit.'dog-teeth') (clade Cynodontia) are a clade of eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian (approximately 260 mya), and extensively diversified after the Permian–Triassic extinction event. Cynodonts occupied a variety of ecologies, including as carnivores and herbivores. Mammals are cynodonts, as are their extinct ancestors and close relatives, having evolved from advanced probainognathian cynodonts during the Late Triassic. All other cynodont lines went extinct, with the last known non-mammalian cynodont group, the Tritylodontidae, having its youngest records in the Early Cretaceous.