Diadectes
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diadectes (meaning crosswise-biter) is an extinct genus of large reptiliomorphs or synapsids[1] that lived during the early Permian period (Artinskian-Kungurian stages of the Cisuralian epoch, between 290 and 272 million years ago).[2] Diadectes was one of the first herbivorous tetrapods, and also one of the first fully terrestrial vertebrates to attain large size.
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Mounted skeleton of D. sideropelicus, American Museum of Natural History | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Diadectomorpha |
Family: | †Diadectidae |
Genus: | †Diadectes Cope, 1878 |
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†Diadectes sideropelicus Cope, 1878 | |
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