WebThe tritylodonts were herbivorous, chewing through vegetation, such as stems, leaves, and roots. Tritylodonts have no canine teeth, just incisors and cheek teeth. The jaw worked by grinding forward and backwards, shredding the food between the ridges of the teeth. They were the longest surviving of all the non-mammalian therapsids. WebZX Luo. 2001. “Inner ear and its bony housing in tritylodonts and implications for evolution of mammaliaform ear.” In Studies in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology in Honor of of A. W. Crompton, edited by FA Jenkins Jr., T Owerkowicz, and MD Shapiro, 156: Pp. 81-97. Cambridge: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

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WebTritylodonts [1] were small to medium-sized mammal -like cynodonts. They varied in size from a rabbit to a beaver. [2] They were the last family of the non-mammalian synapsids. … WebThe specimen is large for a tritylodont post-canine, with a maximum crown width of 16.7 mm and a maximum crown length of 13.5 mm. Total height of the tooth, including the anterolabial root, is 22.5 mm. This size indicates the Antarctic animal is among the largest tritylodonts known. jena nv

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http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/cynodontia/tritylodontidae.html WebComparison of the femora of advanced cynodonts, tritylodonts and monotremes shows that the antero-ventral trochanter of the cynodonts is the mammalian trochanter minor and not the reptilian trochanter internus as has been held. Consideration of the form of the pelvis supports this conclusion. WebThe Mesozoic era is also called The Age of Reptiles. It is subdivided into three major periods: the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. The Jurassic Period extended from 201.3 million years to 145 million years ago. The period is named after the rock strata found in the Jura Mountains on the border between Switzerland and France. jenan zayyid