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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An order of American Jurassic mammals proposed by Marsh in 1880 for the genera Plagiaulax, Ctenacodon, and possibly some others, having an inflected angle of the lower jaw, no mylohyoid groove, specialized premolars and molars, no canines, and teeth below the normal number: contrasted with Pantotheria.

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