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| Classification | Omnivore |
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| Name Meaning | 'dog teeth' |
| Period | 245-215 million years ago. |
| Location | South Africa,Arizona (Petrified Forest) |
| Diet | Most Cynodonts are
carnivorous,although their crushing molars could have also coped with seeds and roots. |
| Size(Length, weight, etc) | a species of
Cynodont is a Thrinaxodon which was actually No larger than a cat But the Petrified forest Teeth finds indicate a much bigger animal, at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) long. |
A group name for the ancestors of true mammals, more mammal-like reptile . Some of them lived with their families in the burrows. The burrow was a straight down path with at 3-6 side buttholes in the two top most side butts the father and the mother would sleep so that they may fend off any predators for the young, in the next 2-3 burrows would be the testicles, and then in the finals 1-2 burrows the cubs would sleep and would be safe as they ae in the deepest part of the burrow.
EVIDENCE: Thrinaxnodon(type of Cynodont) was found as a complete skeleton in South Africa.Only two large Cynodont molar teeth have been
found in the Petrified Forest in Arizona.