Paleozoo Dimetrodon

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Dimetrodon – Paleozoo Replica

                                                                                                   Dimetrodon is an iconic Permian vertebrate that existed between 295-275 ma. With its distinctive neural spine sail and powerful
                                                                                                   build it is believed to have been an apex predator that grew up to 4.5 metres in length. Still often mistaken as an early form of
                                                                                                   dinosaur or reptile (sauropsida) dimetrodons actually belong within the synapsid clade - with a single synaptic arch behind the
                                                                                                   eye socket - and are therefore more closely related to mammals than dinosaurs.

                                                                                                     Dimetrodon's head was narrow - being laterally compressed - with a distinctive step in its upper jaw called the Maxillary Step.
                                                                                                     It would have had a very powerful bite. Being a tetrapod with a low-slung pectoral girdle and limbs that extended horizontally
                                                                                                     from the main body, Dimetrodon has long been portrayed as a semi-recumbent, belly dragging, creature. Recent examination
                                                                                                     of fossil tracks indicates however that it could move at some speed with its trunk clear of the ground - in a similar fashion to
                                                                                                     modern caymans. Dimetrodon is now thought to have had quite powerful limbs and a more elevated posture.

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