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If a living Tritylodon were to be seen today, it would look a lot like a large rodent. They were about 30 centimetres (12 in) long but there is no certainty about the exact weight. Also the way they ate was much like a rodent, doing a grinding motion with the bottom teeth sliding against the top teeth. The bottom teeth were much like a set of cusps and the top teeth were a set of matching grooves that matched perfectly allowing this motion. There were large incisors at the very front of their mouth separated by a gap from the rest of the teeth. Even with their mouth closed the incisors would still stick out slightly visible. The legs were directly beneath the body like mammals, unlike the earlier therapsids with sprawling limbs.

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  • If a living Tritylodon were to be seen today, it would look a lot like a large rodent. They were about 30 centimetres (12 in) long but there is no certainty about the exact weight. Also the way they ate was much like a rodent, doing a grinding motion with the bottom teeth sliding against the top teeth. The bottom teeth were much like a set of cusps and the top teeth were a set of matching grooves that matched perfectly allowing this motion. There were large incisors at the very front of their mouth separated by a gap from the rest of the teeth. Even with their mouth closed the incisors would still stick out slightly visible. The legs were directly beneath the body like mammals, unlike the earlier therapsids with sprawling limbs.
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  • If a living Tritylodon were to be seen today, it would look a lot like a large rodent. They were about 30 centimetres (12 in) long but there is no certainty about the exact weight. Also the way they ate was much like a rodent, doing a grinding motion with the bottom teeth sliding against the top teeth. The bottom teeth were much like a set of cusps and the top teeth were a set of matching grooves that matched perfectly allowing this motion. There were large incisors at the very front of their mouth separated by a gap from the rest of the teeth. Even with their mouth closed the incisors would still stick out slightly visible. The legs were directly beneath the body like mammals, unlike the earlier therapsids with sprawling limbs. These animals were burrowers; the structure of the shoulder and front limbs show this. Also the large front incisors worked very well with helping digging and getting buried plant parts. Tritylodons were strictly herbivores based on the way they ate and shape of teeth are proof. Any of the Tritylodonts including Tritylodon were warm-blooded or endothermic. Another interesting thing about them was that they were oviviparous.
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