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Cynodonts Division
Cynodonts, or 'dog teeth', are a taxon of Therapsids, traditionally called
mammal-like reptiles. They were one of the most diverse groups of therapsids.
They are named after their dog-like teeth.
Cynodonts have nearly all the characteristics of mammals. Their teeth were
fully differentiated, the braincase bulged at the back of the head, and many of
them walked in an upright manner. Cynodonts still laid eggs, as all Mesozoic
proto-mammals probably did.
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Pelycosauria
Suborder:
Eupelycosauria
Family:
Sphenacodontidae
Genus:
Dimetrodon
Image Code FR1015 |
Catalogue No.: FR1015
Description:
Dimetrodon limbatus
(Permian), Texas, USA. This replica is one of a limited number of pieces
originally cloned from a specimen in the Hayashibara Museum, Texas USA.
Dimetrodon was a predatory synapsid ('mammal-like reptile') genus
that flourished during the Permian Period, living between 280–265 million
years ago. It was more closely related to mammals than to true reptiles such
as lizards.
Dimetrodon was not a dinosaur, despite being popularly grouped with
them. Rather, it is classified as a pelycosaur.
Size: 2270 X 1130mm. |
Image Code FR1034
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Catalogue No.:
FR1034
Description: Dimetrodon limbatus
(Permian), Texas, USA. This replica is one of a limited number of pieces
originally cloned from a specimen in the Hayashibara Museum, Texas USA.
Dimetrodon was a predatory synapsid ('mammal-like reptile') genus that
flourished during the Permian Period, living between 280–265 million years
ago. It was more closely related to mammals than to true reptiles such as
lizards.
Dimetrodon was not a dinosaur, despite being popularly grouped with
them. Rather, it is classified as a pelycosaur.
Size: 2170X990mm. |
Order:
Therapsida
Image Code FR958 |
Catalogue No.: FR958
Description:
Therapsid Skull.
Size: 360 X 415mm. |
Suborder:
Anomodontia
Infraorder:
Dicynodontia
Image Code FR670 |
Catalogue No.: FR670
Description:
Skull of a small Dicynodont, a Therapsid
or mammal-like reptile. Dicynodonts were small to large herbivorous animals
with two tusks
Size: 31 X 61mm. |
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Therapsida
Suborder:
Cynodonti
Family:
Cynognathidae
Genus:
Cynognathus
Image Code FR647 |
Catalogue No.: FR647
Description:
Primitive Mammal-like
reptile mandible. Cynognathus Sp. Primitive Mammal-like
reptile mandible. Cynognathus
was a metre-long
predator
of the Lower
Triassic.
It was one of the more
mammal-like
of the "mammal-like
reptiles", a member of a grouping called
Eucynodontia.
The
genus
Cynognathus had an almost worldwide distribution.
Fossils
have so far been recovered from
South Africa,
South America,
China and
Antarctica.
Karoo Series Formation. South Africa. Early Triassic
Period. Paleo-Ed Resources.
Size: 290 X 170mm. |
Family:
Galesauridae
Genus:
Thrinaxodon
Image Code FR346 |
Catalogue No.: FR346
Description:
Triassic Galesaurids. Thrinaxodon Skull. Thrinaxodon
was a
cynodont, a
cat-sized
mammal-like "reptile".
Many
scientists
suggest that the pits on the
skull indicate
that Thrinaxodon had
whiskers and,
therefore, probably had a covering of
fur. There are
suggestions that it was
warm-blooded.
Even so, it still had a reptilian skeleton and laid eggs. It is thought that Thrinaxodon lived
in shallow burrows dug into hillsides or riverbanks. It lived in mated pairs or
small family groups, and was probably territorial, using
scent glands
to mark out boundaries and then defending that territory from intruders.
Size: 65 X 45mm. |
Family:
Procynosuchidae
Genus:
Procynosuchus
Image Code FR251 |
Catalogue No.: FR251
Description:
Size: 600 x 600mm. |
Class:
Synapsida
Order:
Therapsida
Suborder:
Gorgonopsia
Genus:
Broomisaurus
Image Code FR298 |
Catalogue No.: FR298
Description:
Broomisaurus
Laticeps Skull. A large,
saber-toothed gorgonopsid, an advanced predatory mammal-like reptile,
possibly warm-blooded. Middle Permian, South Africa.
Size: 340 X 350mm. |
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