Eucynodont Eucynodont

Eucynodont - Definition and Overview

Eucynodonts
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: "Reptilia"
Taxon:Eucynodontia
Families

  Tritylodontidae
  Tritheledontidae
  a number of other families

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Eucynodontia includes the most mammal-like of the "mammal-like reptiles" and all of their descendants; (ie: mammals). The name means 'true dog teeth'. Eucynodonts are first known from fossils of the Lower Triassic, though some specimens have been reported from the earlier Upper Permian.

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