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Here's good old Edaphosaurus! This one is often confused with the other sail-backed critter that lived around the same time, Dimetrodon. Edaphosaurus was a somewhat-distant relative of Dimetrodon, but differed in many respects. It had cross-bars on the long vertebrae that supported its sail. We don't know what those were for ... or what the sail was for, indeed. It ate plants rather than meat. Its small skull had teeth not only on the jaw margins, but also flat tooth plates with many bumps on them, which is called dental pavement. In fact, Edaphosaurus means 'pavement lizard'. It was a synapsid, thus part of the group from which mammals evolved much later. This species lived about 300-280 million years ago, and could reach 3.5m in length. I portray it here going out of the forest for a stroll on the mudflats. Behind it you can see a bit of forest dominated by Sigillaria, a relative of modern quillworts. Sigillaria could reach 30 m in height.
SoulsOfGraves
MemberHoly god eupelycosaur now this is very very fantastically made its detail is spot on!
IguanasAreCool
MemberHe looks like the kinda guy who would have 30+ items in the express checkout.
ImpidiDinkaDoo
Former StaffWillemsvdmerwe makes some really lovely photorealistic animal artworks! A lot of them haven't been uploaded here and you can find on his deviantart. He's quite good and I enjoy his work!
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