#Dicynodonts were notably able to survive the worst mass #extinction event in history: the End-Permian event (~252 Ma). Despite this evolutionary bottleneck, they were able to diversify & regenerate a comparable level of diversity in the Triassic to their pre-extinction levels in the #Permian.
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#Dicynodonts were an ancient & successful group of #synapsids that lived from the middle of the #Permian to the end of the #Triassic. They were among the largest terrestrial animals of their time, only really surpassed when large dinosaurs began to evolve in the Late Triassic.
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even though it's about 20 years out of date, I am really enjoying _Dawn of the Dinosaurs_ by Nicholas Fraser, with illustrations by Douglas Henderson. Among other things, it has great coverage of many non-dinosaur tetrapods, both in text and in art, and even some coverage of invertebrates […]
🦕 Dicynodonts were tusked, beaked synapsids that thrived before dinosaurs! 🌍
These herbivores ranged from rabbit-sized to elephant-sized giants like Lisowicia bojani 🐘.
They survived mass extinctions & were ancestors of mammals! 🧬
#PrehistoricLife #Fossils #Dicynodonts #Lisowicia #Synapsids
3D printed Dolichuranus skeleton (dicynodont).
Dicynodont fossil skull
Cut tibia (for research!) and a 3D print of the original fossil.
“A 240 million year old mystery” label copy, with paleo art illustration of Dolichuranus by Mark Witton.
New exhibit install day! Have been really happy to play a very small part in bringing this together. #Dicynodonts
A Lystrosaurus and Myosaurus to scale with a human hand
Lystrosaurus murrayi
More goobers from the Katberg Formation
#sciart #lystrosaurus #lystrosaurusmurrayi #myosaurus #dicynodonts #paleontology #paleoart #triassic #earlytriassic #karoo
Reconstructions of Angonisaurus (top) and Placerias (bottom) showing the hypothetical sexual dimorphism in the latter species
Reconstruction of Placerias next to the silhouette of a 1.8 m tall human
Reconstruction of Angonisaurus next to the silhouette of a 1.8 m tall human
Two Triassic dicynodonts, Angoisaurus and Placerias
These two illustrations will be part of my upcoming book (that I am STILL working on) about the tetrapods of the Triassic
#paleoart #sciart #triassic #dicynodonts #synapsids
