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cynodont

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noun

  1. a carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, whose specialized teeth were well developed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Guillermo Rougier, a palaeontologist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, describes them as “incredible discoveries†that are right on the cusp between mammals and their cynodont ancestors.

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Yes, the first mammals developed from a reptile known as the cynodont.

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