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Acrodont vs Thecodont - What's the difference?

acrodont | thecodont |

As adjectives the difference between acrodont and thecodont

is that acrodont is having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge while thecodont is having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

As nouns the difference between acrodont and thecodont

is that acrodont is one of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge while thecodont is any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).

acrodont

English

(wikipedia acrodont)

Adjective

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  • having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1871 , author = St. George Mivart , title = On the Genesis of Species , chapter = , edition = , url = http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20818 , passage = Pleurodont lizards are such as have the teeth attached by their sides {148} to the inner surface of the jaw, in contradistinction to acrodont lizards, which have the bases of their teeth anchylosed to the summit of the margin of the jaw. }}
  • * {{quote-journal
    • , date = 2001-03-09 , first = Richard O. , last = Prum , coauthors = et al. , title = Longisquama Fossil and Feather Morphology , journal = , issn = 0036-8075 , doi = 10.1126/science.291.5510.1899c , volume = 291 , issue = 5510 , pages = 1899-1902 , url = http://www.sciencemag.org/content/291/5510/1899.3.full , passage = The known skeletal remains of Longisquama'' lack any other diagnostic archosaurian characters [the furcula mentioned by Jones ''et al . consists of paired clavicles, as Sharov originally noted], but they exhibit two features, acrodont teeth and an interclavicle ( 3 ), that are typical of lepidosaurs. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge

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    thecodont

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (paleontology, archaic) Any of the Thecodontia (a former group of archosaurs).
    • (Webster 1913)