Cryptodontia

## Taxonomy

Polypodia

Sarcopodia

Neopoda

Osteopoda

Polyschia

Dromaeopoda

Onychodontia

Euonychodontia

Euonychodontidae

Euonychodontinae

**Cryptodontia**

## Immediate subtaxa

Tachydontia

*Raptonyx jurae*

**Cryptodontia** (lit. "hidden teeth") are an eastern clade of Onychodontia.

## Description

Cryptodonts are found on the eastern continent, living among the steppe and gallery forests. Rather than hunt big game, Cryptdonts are pursuit hunters, mainly hunting smaller prey like Camptopods and other Leptopods. Their forelimbs have elongated, becoming a pair of serrated raptorial appendages used to secure the prey. Meanwhile, their pedipalps are retractable fangs used to deliver the killing blow.

Due to the convergence of the Eastern and Western continents, the larger, macropredatory cryptodont species were unable to adequately compete with the eastern ensidonts and thus were largely wiped out on the supercontinent, leaving the tachydonts to remain. The exception to this rule is Septentria, the island continent that broke off from the east which serves as a refugium for many of the eastern clades, including the macropredatory cryptodonts.

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												* File:StenopsidaeEvo.pngArchestenopsidae
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 † = Extinct