- Tritylodon
Taxobox
name = Tritylodon
fossil_range =Early Jurassic
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Tritylodon longaevus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Synapsida
ordo =Therapsida
familia =Tritylodontidae
genus = "Tritylodon""Tritylodon" was a species of tritylodont, one of the most advanced group of
cynodont s. They lived in theEarly Jurassic period along withdinosaur s, and had many features of modernmammal s, but were egg-laying.Some scientists think thatmammal s descended from the tritylodonts, others believe that mammals arose from theTrithelodontidae , another group of specialized cynodonts."Tritylodon" was a small
herbivorous cynodont. Most cynodonts werecarnivorous , but it seems that "Tritylodon" and its close kin had evolved to eat plants because its carnivorous ancestors were outcompeted by carnivorousarchosaurs and otherreptile s, and the newly evolvedmammals .
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