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The name thecodont is Greek for "socket-tooth", referring to the fact that thecodont teeth were set in sockets in the jawbones; an archosaurian characteristic that was inherited by the dinosaurs. While the taxon Thecodontia is obsolete, the term thecodont remains in use as an anatomical description of teeth in bony sockets; in addition to ...
Thecodontosauridae is a family of basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs [1] that are part of the Bagualosauria, [2] known from fossil remains found exclusively in the Magnesian Conglomerate of Bristol, England, [3] which dates back to the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic (although it could be as old as the Norian stage of the Late Triassic and as young as the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic ...
This feature is responsible for the name "thecodont" (meaning "socket teeth"), [8] which early paleontologists applied to many Triassic archosaurs. [7] Additionally, non-muscular cheek and lip tissue appear in various forms throughout the clade, with all living archosaurs lacking non-muscular lips, unlike most non-avian saurischian dinosaurs. [ 9 ]
Scientists say this difference in feeding mechanisms ‘set them up to dominate life on land for millions of years to come’.
Dicynodontia is an extinct clade of anomodonts, an extinct type of non-mammalian therapsid.Dicynodonts were herbivores that typically bore a pair of tusks, hence their name, which means 'two dog tooth'.
Scientists believe they may have uncovered the first known incident of a mammal being eaten by a dinosaur. Palaeontologists in the UK have analysed fossil remains from around 120 million years ago ...
The latest dinosaur being mounted at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is not only a member of a new species — it's also the only one found on the planet whose bones are green, according ...
Thecodontosaurus was a small bipedal animal, about 2 m (6.5 ft) long. It is one of the first dinosaurs to be discovered and is one of the oldest that existed. Many species have been named in the genus, but only the type species Thecodontosaurus antiquus is seen as valid today.