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Cynognathus
Temporal range: Triassic
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Cynognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Therapsida
Suborder:
Cynodontia
Family:
Cynognathidae
Genus:
Cynognathus
Binomial name
Cynognathus crateronotus

Cynognathus was a cynodont (a mammal-like reptile, not a dinosaur) that was the size of a wolf. This therapsid lived on open plains during the early to middle Triassic period, roughly 230-245 million years ago. It was probably warm-blooded and may have given birth to live young. Fossils have been found in South Africa and Argentina.

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    Life reconstruction of Cynognathus crateronotus

  • Cynognathus

    Skull

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