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.

Exact synonyms: Division Cynodontia
Group relationships: Order Therapsida, Therapsida
Member holonyms: Cynodont, Exaeretodon, Genus Exaeretodon
Generic synonyms: Division

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynodontia

Cynara scolymus
Cyndi
Cynewulf
Cynic
Cynical
Cynicism
Cynics
Cynipidae
Cynips
Cynocephalidae
Cynocephalus
Cynocephalus variegatus
Cynodon
Cynodon dactylon
Cynodon plectostachyum
Cynodontia
Cynoglossidae
Cynoglossum
Cynoglossum amabile
Cynoglossum officinale
Cynoglossum virginaticum
Cynomys
Cynomys gunnisoni
Cynomys ludovicianus
Cynopterus
Cynopterus sphinx
Cynoscephalae
Cynoscion
Cynoscion nebulosus
Cynoscion regalis

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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