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Eucynodonts

Eucynodonts
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: "Reptilia"
Order: "Therapsida"
Infraorder: "Cynodontia"
Taxon :Eucynodontia
Families
  • Tritylodontidae
  • Tritheledontidae
  • a number of other families

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 known from fossils of the Lower Triassic, though some specimens have been reported from the earlier Upper Permian.

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