Thecodont teeth are present in crocodiles, mammals, and dinosaurs. It is a type of tooth present in the animals where the root of the teeth is firmly attached in the socket of the jawbone, an archosaurian characteristic that was inherited by the dinosaurs. This attachment is the strongest in the vertebrates.

What is thecodont attachment?

The tooth joins to the surrounding bone and is typically associated with acrodont (attached to the crest of the jaw) or pleurodont (attached to the labial wall of the jaw) implantation. By comparison, more derived, specialized thecodont implantations, are characterized by the formation of deep sockets.

What is thecodont and Acrodont?

As adjectives the difference between acrodont and thecodont is that acrodont is having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge while thecodont is (anatomy) having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.