In Latin, cynodont means dog teeth. For a long time, all the continents were inhabited by carnivorous and herbivorous cynodonts, such as Menadon besairiei, pictured watching over its young in the ...

Fossil skull of the extinct cynodont therapsid Cynognathus crateronotus. Cynognathus was a powerful predator that was close to being a mammal, but not quite. It has been found in several parts of ...