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Cynodonts- small rat-like animals
Why is it in News?
- Teeth samples from Madhya Pradesh reveled the 2 genera of Cynodonts- small rat-like animals.
Details:
- These animals lived about 220 million years ago.
- Samples were studied using electron microscopy.
- Species is named after India – Rewaconodon indicus.
- Cynodonts are important in evolutionary studies as this group gave rise to the present-day mammals.
Source: The Hindu.