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n. - A reptile genus of Therapsida.

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  • This possibility (that Chronoperates is a late-surviving basal holotherian mammal) has been hinted at by some other workers.
  • Thirdly, the tooth enamel of Chronoperates is reportedly of pseudoprismatic type, a morphology not present in placental mammals and thus by inference expected in...
  • Now, if Chronoperates did possess a Meckel’s cartilage, this would be a first for a post-Mesozoic synapsid, and would further support ideas that Chronoperates is...
  • If this is correct, then the geological range of non-mammalian cynodonts had just been extended by about 100 million years, and it’s for this reason that the name...
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