Tecodonte
Sign in to savethumb|right|Rutiodon, one of the aquatic and superficially crocodile-like [[phytosaurs]] Thecodontia (meaning 'socket-teeth'), now considered an obsolete taxonomic grouping, was formerly used to describe a diverse "order" of early archosaurian reptiles that first appeared in the latest Permian period and flourished until the end of the Triassic period. All of them were built somewhat like crocodiles but with shorter skulls, more erect pose and usually somewhat lighter. The group includes the ancestors of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and crocodilians, as well as a number of extinct forms that did not
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Tecodonte é um termo, já considerado obsoleto, originalmente usado para descrever uma gama diversa de arcossauros, répteis que apareceram pela primeira vez no Permiano e floresceram até ao fim do período Triássico. O grupo inclui os ancestrais dos dinossauros (incluindo aves), pterossauros e crocodilianos, bem como uma série de outras formas extintas.
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