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Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus were both distant relatives of mammals which looked like big lizards with sails and lived in North America during the early Permian period, but Edaphosaurus ate plants and had a small flat head while Dimetrodon was a predator with sharp canines and other teeth for cutting up meat. | Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus were both distant relatives of mammals which looked like big lizards with sails and lived in North America during the early Permian period, but Edaphosaurus ate plants and had a small flat head while Dimetrodon was a predator with sharp canines and other teeth for cutting up meat. | ||
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Dimetrodon - a big sail-backed predator | Dimetrodon - a big sail-backed predator | ||
Latest revision as of 21:27, 16 July 2008
Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus were both distant relatives of mammals which looked like big lizards with sails and lived in North America during the early Permian period, but Edaphosaurus ate plants and had a small flat head while Dimetrodon was a predator with sharp canines and other teeth for cutting up meat.
Dimetrodon - a big sail-backed predator
Edaphosaurus - a big sail-backed plant-eater
Ophiacodon - a carnivorous pelycosaur with no sail
Diadectes - an herbivore similar to amphibians and reptiles
Eryops - a semi-aquatic fish-eating amphibian