Dicynodontia

fossil reptile group
Also known as: dicynodont

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  • synapsid and reptilian skull types
    In therapsid

    …was that of the herbivorous dicynodonts (two-tuskers), in which upper canines were retained but the other teeth were replaced by a horny bill. Among carnivorous therapsids, gorgonopsians and therocephalians were characteristic of the Permian, and cynodonts and bauriamorphs were advanced Triassic representatives. A few therapsids were still present in the…

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