-
possible diadectids are
known from much
earlier deposits,
including a
piece of
lower jaw
found in
Mississippian strata from Tennessee.
Diadectids have large...
- and
related diadectids was
presented in an
unpublished PhD
thesis by
Richard Kissel in 2010.
Previous phylogenetic analyses of
diadectids had
found D...
-
trackways of
Dimetropus provides evidence that the
tracks were left by
diadectids or non-therapsid
synapsids ("pelycosaurs").
Paleontology portal Lucas...
- been only 1.7
metres (5.6 ft) in length, too
small to prey on the
large diadectid herbivores that are
abundant in the
Bromacker ****emblage. It more likely...
-
caseid pelycosaurs and,
before them, the
diadectid reptiliomorphs. They are much
larger than the
diadectids, more
similar to the
giant caseid pelycosaur...
- were
dominated by
pelycosaurs (a
paraphyletic group of
early synapsids),
diadectids, and temnospondyls, The
pelycosaurs appeared during the Late Carboniferous...
-
conical teeth. It was also
smaller than the later,
rather bulky diadectids.
Later diadectids have deep jaws with few
teeth and forward-projecting incisiforms...
-
including the
herbivorous edaphosaurids, and
carnivorous sphenacodontids,
diadectids and amphibians.
Early Permian reptiles, such as acleistorhinids, were...
-
possibly having a
tadpole stage.
Contrary to the more
advanced herbivorous diadectids, the
teeth retained labyrinthodont infolding of the enamel, and were pointed...
- into
north China.
Diadectids are
otherwise absent from
eastern Laurasia,
which may
reflect their low
diversity at the time.
Diadectids first appeared in...
