Cynognathus

Cynognathus!!
 * They were about te size of a wolf!
 * It's pronounced sy-nog-NAY-thus!
 * They lived on the open plains in the middle triassic period!
 * They were carnovores.
 * They had powerful jaws with dog-like teeth,including sharp insicors, long canines, and shearing cheek teeth!!!
 * They walked on four feet that were flat footed!! Duuuhhhh!!!
 * It had a tail shorter then that of most reptiles!
 * Cynognathus was about 5 meters long, it's skull was over 1 foot long!![[image:cynognathus.jpg caption="This is a Cynognathus!!!!"]]
 * It is not known yet what their skin was like but it may have been covered with hair!
 * Cynognathus was named by H. G. Seeley in 1876!
 * It;s name means "dog jaw"!!
 * Fossils have been found in South Africa, South America, China and Antarctica!! wow, Antarctica!!! Coooollll!!!!
 * Subclass: Syapsida, Order: Therapsida, Suborder: Cynodontia, family: Cynognathidae, and genus: Cynognathus!!
 * They looked a lot like a dog in resemablance!
 * Cynognathus lived 240,000,000 years ago!Wow!!
 * The Cynpgnathus was a meter long predator of the middle Triassic period!
 * Different species included: Cistecynodon parvus, Cynidiognathus broomi, Cynidiognathus longiceps, Cynidiognathus merenskyi, Cynognathus beeryi, Cynognathus minor, Cynognathus platyceps, Cynogomphius berryi, Karoomys browni, Lycaenognathus platyceps, Lycochampsa ferox, Lycognathus ferox, Nythosaurus browni!!!!
 * It looks that they were warm blooded unlike most of the reptiles of their time!!!



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