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Thrinaxodon liorhinus was a small cynodont synapsid from the Early Triassic, known principally from South Africa and Antarctica. Its skeleton combined reptile-like features with traits approaching those of mammals, including differentiated teeth and changes to the jaw and palate. Small pits and cana...
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Well-preserved cynodont with burrowing and mammal-like traits; strong transitional significance.
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Cynognathus crateronotus was a large, predatory cynodont that lived during the Triassic Period and belonged to the synapsid lineage leading toward mammals. Fossils assigned to Cynognathus are particularly well known from South Africa, with related occurrences across parts of Gondwana, including Sout...
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Classic cynodont and Gondwana evidence taxon; important for mammal origins and continental distribution.
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