Cynodontia is a clade of eutheriodont therapsids that first appeared in the Late Permian, and extensively diversified after the Permian–Triassic extinction event. Mammals are cynodonts, as are their e
Skull of Bonacynodon and a comparison of various cynodont canine teeth
Skeleton of Procynosuchus
Skull of Thrinaxodon
Thrinaxodon from the Early Triassic of South Africa
Gomphodontia is a clade of cynognathian cynodonts that includes the families Diademodontidae, Trirachodontidae, and Traversodontidae. Gomphodonts are distinguished by wide and closely spaced molar-lik