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1. Description and distribution of the mammal-like cynodont Cynosaurus suppostus (Therapsida, Cynodontia) form the Late Permian of the Karoo Basin.
2. Comparative description of the skeleton of Procynosuchus a late Permian mammal-like cynodont from Africa.
3. Description of the skeleton of the basal anomodont, Anomocephalus africanus from the Middle Permian of South Africa.
4. Highlighting differences in the cranial morphology of the largest cynodonts: the herbivorous Diademodon and the carnivorous Cynognathus. Diet as a guide to differentiate the skull of cynodonts.
5. Highlighting cranial morphological differences between Early Triassic cynodonts Thrinaxodon and Galesaurus.
6. Evolution and differentiation of the skeleton of the cynodonts Cynognathus and Diademodon.
7. Comparative study of the skeleton of advanced cynodonts: tritheledontids and tritylodontids.
8. Changes in the morphology of the humerus in mammal-like reptiles.
9. Morphofunctional reconstruction of gomphodont dentition.
10. Dental replacement in the basal cynodont Galesaurus.