Dimetrodon: Apex Predator of the Early Permian Period

Описание: Dimetrodon is a genus of non-mammalian synapsid that lived during the Early Permian period, around 295–272 million years ago.

Being an apex predator of its time, Dimetrodon is often mistaken for a dinosaur, but it became extinct around 40 million years before the advent of dinosaurs.

00:00 Introduction
02:15 Discovery
03:39 Dimetrodon Bite
05:50 Nasal Cavity, Tail and Sail
07:12 Dimetrodon Sail
10:08 Dimetrodon Skin
10:37 Food Web

Sources:

1. https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/perm...
2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
3. https://eartharchives.org/articles/di...
4. https://animals.howstuffworks.com/ext...

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