Cynodont These small, four legged omnivores lived in the Late Triassic period. They inhabited river valleys and scrubland around the plains and made burrows. An ancestor of the mammals , they had hair-like scales and hunted at night. Typical cynodonts would grow up to about one and a half metres long and weigh up to 20 kg. Cypress A group of coniferous plants that evolved in the Carboniferous period and are still alive today.
Cypress are seed-bearing plants or gymnosperms.