thecodont

He considered a pseudosuchian thecodont identity, but eliminated it because all members were of Triassic age or older.

The term "thecodont" is still used as an anatomical description of the tooth morphology seen in these species and others.

Feduccia has argued that Protoavis represents an arboreal "thecodont".

Theco (Tecodonte) - Horácio's best friend, a baby thecodont.

This feature is responsible for the name "thecodont" (meaning "socket teeth"), which paleontologists used to apply to many Triassic archosaurs.

Dibothrosuchus was first described as an ornithosuchid thecodont, but it was later reclassified as a sphenosuchid sphenosuchian.

Authors have gone back and forth on the question, considering it either as a basal dinosaur, or as a "thecodont" or other basal archosaur.

The term "thecodont", now considered an obsolete term, was first used by English paleontologist Richard Owen in 1859 to describe Triassic archosaurs, and it became widely used in the 20th century.

The name "thecodont" is Greek for "socket-tooth," referring to the fact that thecodont teeth were set in sockets in the jawbones; an archosaurian characteristic that was inherited by the dinosaurs.

While the taxon "Thecodontia" is obsolete, the term "thecodont" remains in use as an anatomical description of teeth in bony sockets; in addition to species formerly in this group (such as crocodiles and dinosaurs), mammals also possess thecodont dentition, which evolved independently.