Evidence for salt glands in the Triassic reptile Diademodon (Therapsida; Cynodontia)
Date
1979
Authors
Grine, F. E.
Mitchell, D.
Gow, C. E.
Kitching, J. W.
Turner, B. R.
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Publisher
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
Fossilised skulls of Diademodon exhibit rostral depressions which may have housed salt glands.
The possible functions of salt glands in this advanced cynodont are examined. Diademodon
appears to have been more reptilian than mammalian in its general physiological organisation.
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Keywords
Diademodon; salt glands; Triassic
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