New specimen of Labidosaurikos, a captorhinid

[Halichoeres]

For people into the Permian stuff, here's an open access paper describing a juvenile specimen of Labidosaurikos, which had crazy multiple rows of teeth in its jaws!

http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1zz8w026

[ZoPteryx]

I never knew captorhinids had multi rows of teeth like that!  Almost temnospondyl like.

[Halichoeres]

I never knew captorhinids had multi rows of teeth like that!  Almost temnospondyl like.

I didn't know before, either! Weird stuff.

[Ravonium]

It especially looks surprising when it seems so normal on the outside.

[Halichoeres]

It especially looks surprising when it seems so normal on the outside.

You think that's surprising, look at what lies in the throat of a goldfish:



Moray eels are even weirder. Think "Alien".

[Newt]

Speaking of pharyngeal teeth...the teeth of Labidikosaurus remind me of the pharyngeal teeth of freshwater drum (Aplodinotus).



Good mollusk-mashers. I wonder if Labidikosaurus was supplementing its diet with shelly beasts?