Steppesaurus
Encyclopedia
Steppesaurus is an extinct genus of pelycosaur
belonging to the Sphenacodontidae
family, related to Dimetrodon
and Sphenacodon
.
Pelycosaur
The pelycosaurs are an informal grouping composed of basal or primitive Late Paleozoic synapsid amniotes. Some species were quite large and could grow up to 3 meters or more, although most species were much smaller...
belonging to the Sphenacodontidae
Sphenacodontidae
Sphenacodontidae is a family of small to large, advanced, carnivorous, Late Pennsylvanian to middle Permian pelycosaurs. Primitive forms were generally small in size , but during the later part of the early Permian these animals grew progressively larger , to become the top predators of their...
family, related to Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon was a predatory synapsid genus that flourished during the Permian period, living between 280–265 million years ago ....
and Sphenacodon
Sphenacodon
Sphenacodon was a pelycosaur that was about in length. Sphenacodon belongs to the family Sphenacodontidae, a lineage that was related to the therapsids...
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