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Ophiacodon (meaning "snake tooth") is an
extinct genus of
synapsid belonging to the
family Ophiacodontidae that
lived from the Late
Carboniferous to the...
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Clepsydrops and
Ophiacodon were terrestrial.
Vertebral morphometric data also support,
though ambiguously, a
rather terrestrial lifestyle for
Ophiacodon, which...
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pelycosaurs include the
genera Dimetrodon, Sphenacodon, Edaphosaurus, and
Ophiacodon.
Pelycosaur fossils have been
found mainly in
Europe and
North America...
- Recently, it has been
found that
endothermy was
developed as
early as
Ophiacodon in the late Carboniferous. The
presence of fibrolamellar, a specialised...
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systems can be
found in ichthyosaurs, phytosaurs,
basal stem-mammals (e.g.
Ophiacodon), Limnoscelis, and temnospondyls. When
endosteal Haversian systems are...
- predator.
Varanosaurus probably lived in swamps,
competing with the
larger Ophiacodon for food.[citation needed]
Below is a
cladogram modified from the analysis...
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terrestrial lifestyle for Clepsydrops, as for its more
recent relative Ophiacodon. This is
consistent with its
rather thin,
compact cortex. Its jaws were...
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Pierce (2024)
present reconstructions of the
hindlimb musculature of
Ophiacodon retroversus,
Dimetrodon milleri,
Oudenodon bainii,
Lycaenops ornatus,...
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dried and were home to sand dunes.
Local wildlife included Edaphosaurus,
Ophiacodon, and Sphenacodon. Tri****ic New
Mexico had a
seasonal climate and was home...
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reptiliomorph Seymouria, the
reptile Captorhinus, and the
synapsids Ophiacodon and Edaphosaurus.
These tetrapods made up a
group of
animals that paleontologist...
