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The Origin and Evolution of Mammals - Moodle

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(c)<br />

Figure 3.9 (continued).<br />

Syodon<br />

(e)<br />

(d)<br />

Anteosaurus<br />

Ulemosaurus<br />

primitive for therapsids. In the pattern <strong>of</strong> skull<br />

bones, relatively small temporal fenestra <strong>and</strong> structure<br />

<strong>of</strong> the lower jaw they are not too dissimilar from<br />

pelycosaurs. King (1988) noted characters shared by<br />

dinocephalians <strong>and</strong> the herbivorous therapsid group<br />

EVOLUTION OF MAMMAL-LIKE REPTILES 35<br />

(f)<br />

Jonkeria<br />

Dicynodontia. Accordingly, she placed the two<br />

together as the Anomodontia, a hypothesis doubted<br />

by Kemp (1988) <strong>and</strong> rejected outright by Hopson<br />

<strong>and</strong> Barghusen (1986) <strong>and</strong> Grine (1997). <strong>The</strong> present<br />

consensus is that Dinocephalia is basal to both

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