Cynodont

Cynodont
Habitat	Mesozoic Valley
Type	Omnivore Quadrupedal Triassic Age
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Fossil 1.92e22
Base Production	Fossil 2.64e16
Base Charge Time	20 s
Requires	Mesozoic Valley Rank 36 Ichthyosaur
Traits
Speed	Burrowing
Payout	Whiskers
Chronology
Previous	Ichthyosaur
Next	Eoraptor

The Cynodont is the 21st Dinosaur obtained in the Mesozoic Valley Bubble Universe, which can generate Fossil. (Unlocked at Rank 36)

Description

"Thrinaxodon was a cynodont, or early proto-mammal. Living during the Triassic period, this omnivore was around the size of a fox, laid eggs, lived in burrows, and may have had fur. They represent a stage in evolution before mammals became the dominant lifeforms on Earth."

Traits

Common

The rare traits matching this generators type are: Carnivore , Herbivore , Quadrupedal , Triassic Age . Cynodont is also affected by the epic traits: Herd Behavior , Hollow Bones , Feathers , Warm Climate .

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Burrowing	Thrinaxodon lived in burrows that also gave them easy access to their prey—mostly insects and other small herbivores. This increased shelter may have helped them to survive the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event.	Rank 37
	Whiskers	Pitting in the skulls of Thrinaxodon indicates that it may have had whiskers. These whiskers would have helped Thrinaxodon to navigate at night and underground, making it a stealthy nocturnal predator.	Rank 38

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Messy Eater	Unlike dinosaurs, Thrinaxodon and other proto-mammals had a secondary palate, allowing them to eat and breathe at the same time. This allowed Thrinaxodon to chew its food instead of swallowing it whole, making digestion more efficient.	75 Cynodont
	Different Strokes For Different Yolks	Most if not all prehistoric cynodonts, like Thrinaxodon, would have laid eggs. In the modern day, only one group of mammals continues to lay eggs instead of birthing live young: the monotremes, which include the platypus and the echidna.	200 Cynodont

Trivia

• Cynodonts are not dinosaurs. In fact, they are synapsids, like mammals. Mammals are in fact a type of cynodont. They are thus the least-related of animals in Mesozoic Valley to dinosaurs, as all the other animals are at least sauropsids.
• One of the cynodont burrows looks the same as the nest of archaeopteryx.