The prozonstrodontians form part of the larger group of therapsids, probainognathians, a group of
cynodont (dog -
like) therapsids that evolved a large cerebellum and lost the parietal foramen for the third eye (an organ on the skull roof that detects light for monitoring thermoregulation and daily rhythms such as sleep).
Like other non-mammalian synapsids, therocephalians are described as mammal - like reptiles, although in fact, Therocephalia is the group most closely related to the cynodonts, which gave rise to the mamm
Like other non-mammalian synapsids, therocephalians are described as mammal -
like reptiles, although in fact, Therocephalia is the group most closely related to the cynodonts, which gave rise to the mamm
like reptiles, although in fact, Therocephalia is the group most closely related to the
cynodonts, which gave rise to the mammals.