Vetusodon elikhulu: when the old has something modern
It lived more than 251 million years ago during the Late Permian, in the South African Karoo Basin and, just like any other cynodont, it seemed to have "dog teeth". It was baptized with the name of Vetusodon elikhulu by CONICET researchers Fernando Abdala and Leandro Gaetano, and their colleagues from South Africa, Roger Smith and Bruce Rubidge,...