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Definition of Cynodontia
1. Noun. A division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth.
Group relationships: Order Therapsida, Therapsida
Member holonyms: Cynodont, Exaeretodon, Genus Exaeretodon
Generic synonyms: Division
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynodontia
Literary usage of Cynodontia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"This was originally defined as the " family" Cynodontia by Owen in 1861, and may
be embraced within the order " Therio- fre -frontal lachrymal ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Researches on the Structure, Organisation, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia.
Part IX. Section 5. On new Cynodontia." By HG SEELEY, FRS Received ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"In the following table I have given the principal Multituberculate characters,
and the occurrence of similar characters in the Cynodontia, the Monotremata, ..."
4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"... the Cynodontia and the Theropoda. The muscles under consideration fall under
two main groups: first those innervated by the ramus mandibularis of the ..."
5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"It is possibly to be included in the Cynodontia, from which it differs in characters
of the ilium, scapula, and skull. 2. "Fossils in the Oxford University ..."
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