''Notosyodon'' is an extinct

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of non-

mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...

ian

therapsid Therapsida is a major group of eupelycosaurian synapsids that includes mammals, their ancestors and relatives. Many of the traits today seen as unique to mammals had their origin within early therapsids, including limbs that were oriented more ...

s. The

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PIN 2505/1, consists of a partial skull preserving the orbital, occipital, and basicranial regions. Other remains include PIN 2505/2, a right lower incisor, and PIN 2505/3, a left upper postcanine, found associated with the holotype and PIN 2608/1, the anterior half of a left dentary found on the right bank of the Donguz River, near Dolmatovskii Farm, Sol-Iletsk District, Orenburg Region, Russia.

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The main groups of non-mammalian synapsids at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
Anteosaurs Prehistoric therapsid genera Guadalupian synapsids of Europe Permian synapsids of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1968 Guadalupian genus first appearances Guadalupian genus extinctions {{paleo-therapsid-stub

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