cynodont

/ ˈsaɪnəˌdɒnt /

noun

a carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, whose specialized teeth were well developed

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Guillermo Rougier, a palaeontologist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, describes them as “incredible discoveries” that are right on the cusp between mammals and their cynodont ancestors.