- Henrici, A. C.; Sues, H.-D.; Pierce, S. E. (2023). "A new
Carboniferous edaphosaurid and the
origin of
herbivory in
mammal forerunners".
Scientific Reports...
- "pavement lizard" for
dense clusters of teeth) is a
genus of
extinct edaphosaurid synapsids that
lived in what is now
North America and
Europe around 303...
- progressed. The
edaphosaurids,
along with the caseids, were the
dominant herbivores in the
early part of the Permian. The most
renowned edaphosaurid is Edaphosaurus...
- with
elongated and
gracile vertebrae in its neck and back. Like
other edaphosaurids,
Gordodon had a tall sail on its back made from the bony
neural spines...
-
Melanedaphodon (meaning "black
pavement tooth") is a
genus of
edaphosaurid synapsids that
lived in
North America during the Late
Carboniferous epoch, during...
- Henrici, A. C.; Sues, H.-D.; Pierce, S. E. (2023). "A new
Carboniferous edaphosaurid and the
origin of
herbivory in
mammal forerunners".
Scientific Reports...
-
evolved a tall sail,
consisting of
elongated vertebral spines: the
edaphosaurids and the sphenacodontids. In life, this may have been
covered by skin...
- of this sail, like that of the
contemporaneous sphenacodontids and
edaphosaurids,
remains enigmatic, but it is
thought to have
stiffened the vertebral...
-
dominated by
primitive pelycosaur synapsids including the
herbivorous edaphosaurids, and
carnivorous sphenacodontids,
diadectids and amphibians.
Early Permian...
-
collection of
basal synapsids includes 29
holotypes of caseid, ophiacodontid,
edaphosaurid, varanopid, and
sphenacodontid species –
approximately 88% of catalogued...
