Fossil Dimetrodon Vertebra 1.3" Permian Pre- Dinosaur FM Texas TX COA 5777

Description: Welcome to Pioneer Fossils! A photo Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this specimen. Plus a free "floating" display stand. Here is an excellent fossil vertebra from arguably the most popular reptile of the Permian. This is from the early Permian, from about 295 to 272 million years ago. This is from the Nocona Formation, Texas Red Beds, Archer County, Texas. It is a vertebra from a Dimetrodon, the wonderful reptile of the Permian with the large sail on its back. It went extinct about 40 million years before the first dinosaur. Though a ferocious reptile, it also had several traits that are similar to modern mammals, such as single openings in the skull behind each eye, known as temporal fenestrae, which is a trait of modern mammals. It is a vertebra. It stands about 1.3 inches at the longest measurement, and appears to have had no restoration or gluing. This was part of a find of Dimetrodon bones, led by one of the top paleontologists in the country. Dimetrodon was a distant cousin (but cousin nonetheless) to Edaphosaurus, which lived from the Pennsylvanian to the Permian, 303 to 272 million years ago. Many of both species are from the Texas Red Beds and Oklahoma. In the 1940’s, Rudolph Zallinger, an art student at Yale University was asked to paint a mural (fresco) “The Age of Reptiles” in the Great Hall of Yale’s Peabody Museum. He had to choose which plants and animals to feature in his 110 foot mural. For his Permian part of the mural, he chose two “sail-back” reptiles to represent it. These animals are Edaphosaurus, and Dimetrodon. They look similar to each other, with each having a large “sail” on its back. Both Edaphosaurus and Dimetrodon had large sail backs, perhaps for heat regulation. However, Dimetrodon’s sail was formed around elongated neural spines that projected from the vertebrae, held together with skin. Edaphosaurus’ sail also had small horizontal cross-bars on the spines. Neither animal was a dinosaur, both dying out about 40 million years before the first dinosaur. Both were non-mammal synapsids (pelycosaurs), both walked with short legs similar to a crocodile. Dimetrodon was an apex carnivore predator, with some large sharp teeth in its mouth. Edaphosaurus had teeth more suited to crushing and grinding, and it probably ate plants, insects, and possibly mollusks. Edaphosaurus grew to about 11.5 feet, while the largest Dimetrodon reached 15 feet. The head of the Edaphosaurus was quite a bit smaller than the head of a Dimetrodon. Dimetrodon had a single large opening on each side of the back of the skull, linking them to mammals. Dinosaurs generally had zero or two such holes. We invite you to visit our store. Once inside our store, you will see about a thousand items for sale, and we hope you will love them. We sell items ranging from budget to superb. 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