Trochosaurus
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Trochosaurus is an extinct genus of mammal-like reptile. It belong to a synapsid suborder called Therocephalia
. Like them, and the mammals, it had a secondary palate
.
Therocephalia
Therocephalians are an extinct suborder of carnivorous eutheriodont therapsids that lived from the middle and late Permian into the Triassic 265.0—245.0 Ma existing for approximately ....
. Like them, and the mammals, it had a secondary palate
Secondary palate
The secondary palate is an anatomical structure that divides the nasal cavity from the oral cavity in many vertebrates.In human embryology, it refers to that portion of the hard palate that is formed by the growth of the two palatine shelves medially and their mutual fusion in the midline...
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