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Thecodont dentition

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Thecodont dentition is a morphological arrangement in which the base of the tooth is completely enclosed in a deep socket of bone, as seen in crocodilians, dinosaurs and mammals, and opposed to Acrodont and Pleurodont dentition seen in Squamate reptiles.[1] Notably, this appears to be the ancestral tooth condition in Amniota.[2] This morphology was once used as a basis for the now-defunct taxonomic group Thecodontia.

References

  1. ^ "Palaeos Vertebrates > Bones > Teeth: Tooth Implantation".
  2. ^ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2018.01630/full
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