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Thecodont   Listen
adjective
Thecodont  adj.  
1.
(Anat.) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.
2.
(Paleon.) Of or pertaining to the thecodonts.





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"Thecodont" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gyrolepis are found in both these breccias, and one of the species, Saurichthys Mongeoti, is common to both bone-beds, as is also a remarkable reptile called Nothosaurus mirabilis. The saurian called Belodon by H. von Meyer, of the Thecodont family, is another Triassic form, ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell


Words linked to "Thecodont" :   order Thecodontia, thecodont reptile, archosaurian, Thecodontia, archosaurian reptile, archosaur


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