#edaphosaurus

Edaphosaurus pogonias, a genus of edaphosaurid synapsid from late Carboniferous to early Permian North America and Europe. These herbivores could reach a length of about 3.5 m.

The restaurant I went to tonight with friends had paper tablecloths and coloured pencils "for children to draw with". So I created some Fellows while waiting for pizza :)

Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus by Rudolph Zallinger

Oh boy oh boy oh boy. We get a lot of marbles in the second hand store. However, these vintage marbles with tiny little dinosaur figurines in them take the cake. They’re all branded with “Winners” on the back, but there wasn’t a whole lot about them online. Enjoy the five that came in.

Result from the Archer City formation #paleostream! A classic formation of the Permian red beds, with stuff like Dimetrodon or Edaphosaurus, but also lesser, more exotic creatures.

Only during the last days of putting together the size chart it turned out that the largest animal from here wouldn't fir the image, but i think a satisfying image with it would have been really difficult so I don't mind that we left it out.

You can see that we might have had an issue with that enormous shark...

This Fossil Friday, sail into the weekend with this vintage photo of Edaphosaurus, a sail-backed herbivore that lived some 280 million years ago during the Permian Period. While Edaphosaurus may resemble a big lizard, it wasn’t a reptile: It’s actually more closely related to mammals! The key feature that tells us about this relationship? The synapsid openings behind each of Edaphosaurus’ eye sockets—a trait found in all mammals but absent in reptiles. You can find Edaphosaurus in the Hall of Primitive Mammals. Plan your visit!