creodont
/kree-uh-dont/US // ˈkri əˌdɒnt //UK // (ˈkriːəˌdɒnt) //
齿状突起,齿形,齿状体,皱纹牙
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of a diverse group of extinct predatory mammals, from the Paleocene to Pleistocene epochs, that constituted the suborder Creodonta, of the order Carnivora, developing along evolutionary lines somewhat parallel to those of the ancestors of modern carnivores and typically having a stocky, doglike body and a long, low skull.
Examples
The group is believed to be derived from a creodont allied to the Eocene Palaeonictis (see Creodonta).
The well-known plantigrade tread of bears is a primitive characteristic which has survived from their creodont ancestry.
The skull is described as being Creodont-like, but the dentition is that of the microdont modern Dogs.
There are, however, other points of likeness which seem rather to point to a Creodont origin.
It is a much-specialised Creodont, and therefore exhibits well the distinctive characters of the group.
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