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Cynodontia

Clade of therapsids that includes mammals and their extinct relatives, first appearing in the Late Permian.

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Cynodontia

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Richard Owen coined the name Cynodontia in 1861, noting their distinctive canine-like upper teeth.[1]

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Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. CladeSynapsida
  4. CladeTherapsida

Named by Owen, 1861

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Cynodontia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quick Facts

Clade
Eutheriodontia
Key characteristic
  • Differentiated teeth
  • secondary palate
  • reduced jaw bones

Facts from the source article.

What the cited sources add

Ruta, Botha, Mitchell, and Benton (2013) published a study on cynodont radiation and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity.[4] Ruben and Jones (2000) authored a paper on selective factors associated with the origin of fur and feathers.[5] Benoît, Manger, and Rubidge (2016) published palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Cynodontia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Owen, Richard. (1861) "Palaeontology, or, a systematic study of extinct animals and their geological relations". p. 267 Edinburgh, UK: Adam and Charles Black . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Cynodontia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Huttenlocker, "A Basal Nonmammaliaform Cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the Origins of Mammalian Endocranial and Postcranial Anatomy", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1 December 2020 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Cynodontia" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ruta, "The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity", Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 22 October 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Marcello Ruta, "The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity", Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2013), doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1865. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  5. John A. Ruben, "Selective Factors Associated with the Origin of Fur and Feathers", American Zoologist (2000), doi:10.1093/icb/40.4.585. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
  6. Julien Benoît, "Palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits", Scientific Reports (2016), doi:10.1038/srep25604. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org

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