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CLASS: Synapsida
ORDER: Therapsida
SUBORDER: Dicynodonta time: Early Triassic, size: About 10 feet
(3meters) long. distribution: Fossils have been found in South
Africa, India, Argentina, and Australia.
Kannemeyeria was a land-dwelling herbivore. Its horny
beak and powerful jaw muscles were adapted for tearing up and
processing the vegetation upon which it fed. Although Kannemeyeria
looks like it is related to Protoceratops, it is not.
Kannemeyeria is not a dinosaur.
CCLASS: Synapsida
ORDER: Therapsida
SUBORDER: Cynodontia time: EarlyTriassic, size: 3 feet (1 meter)
long distribution: Fossils have been found in South Africa, India,
and Argentina
Cynognathus was a powerful predator with strong jaws
and sharp teeth. Like modern mammalian predators, its strong
jaws were set with 3 types of teeth: incisors for cutting, long
canines for stabbing and slashing, and cheek teeth for shearing.
Perhaps these predators hunted in packs like wolves.
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