Using Tritylodontidae again, same as last n0n-mammaliaform therapsid. They are the best public-facing “last non-mammal cynodont” marker: advanced, rodent-like, herbivorous cynodonts that persisted into the Early Cretaceous. Nature describes tritylodontids as nonmammaliaform herbivorous cynodonts that originated in the Late Triassic, diversified in the Jurassic, and survived into the Early Cretaceous.
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Last Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts
By Michael Alan Prestwood
Thu 21 May 2026
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Last Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts
~125 Million years ago
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