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Therapsids were a group of reptiles with an erect posture and feet that pointed forward. Some also had incisors, canines, and molars, which is unique because most reptiles only have one type of tooth. Mammals evolved from therapsids.
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∙ 15y agoYou are a therapsid. Therapsids (beast-faces) are a group of amniote tetrapods that include mammals and some extinct relatives, like the gorgonopsids.
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Who developed first Therapsids or tuataras?
Therapsids
Which reptile is the ancestor of mammals?
therapsids
Which of the following is NOT a group of therapsids. Herbivors or carnivors?
Therapsids were group of mammal like reptiles while herbivores and carnivores are general terms for animals foraging behavior .
Therapsids had features of both reptiles and fish?
False
What are the features of Therapsids that suggest this group was transitional to reptiles and mammals?
Jaw, ears, hip and shoulder
The pre dinosaur ancestors of the mammals therapsids combined features of mammals and what other kind of creatures?
Reptiles
What are some similarities and differences between therapsids and thecodonts?
Therapsids started as a group of reptiles with an erect posture and feet that pointed forwards. Many also had incisors, canines, and molars. Mammals evolved from therapsids, and hence are considered to be a member of the therapsid group. Thecodont was a term used to group certain archosaurian reptiles. However, it has been discovered that these reptiles did not belong to one group, hence the term "thecodont" is dubious. In any case, archosaurs are reptiles including dinosaurs, crocodilians, birds, and others.
What is a Reptilian ancestors of mammals that had features of both reptiles and mammals?
Mammal-like reptiles that lived in the Permian, like cynodonts or therapsids.
What is a theradont?
Cynodontia or cynodonts ("dog teeth") are a taxon of therapsids endemic to all seven continents beginning during the Early Triassic 256 Ma. This taxon includes modern mammals and their extinct close relatives. They were one of the most diverse groups of therapsids. They are named after their dog-like teeth.This is a correction to the non-existing theradont.
What dinosaurs have canine teeth?
Canine teeth are unique to mammals and our ancestors, therapsids. Other creatures, including dinosaurs, never had canine teeth.
What kind of vertebrate was likely evolutionary to mammals?
You need to specify a time period for the question to be answered. Synapsids, therapsids, and cynodonts could all be called the early ancestors of mammals, but each at a different stage in the evolutionary history of mammals.
What kind of mammals were on earth during dinosaur ages?
During the end of the Triassic period, the first mammals evolved from therapsids, or mammal like reptiles. Some of these mammals were the Purgatorius, a tiny rodent like creature, and the Castorocauda, which had beaver like characteristics.
