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Dimetrodon grandis traverses Earth during the Early Permian period.

An eleven foot long Dimetrodon grandis traverses an Earth that became cooler and dryer during the Early Permian period.. . 280 million years ago, long before the reign of dinosaurs, Dimetrodon emerged as the dominant land predator, a position they held for the next 20 million years. Contrary to their reptilian stance and dinosaur-like appearance, Dimetrodon are in fact more closely related to mammals, and hence to humans, than to dinosaurs or reptiles.

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Title: Dimetrodon grandis traverses Earth during the Early Permian period.

Caption: An eleven foot long Dimetrodon grandis traverses an Earth that became cooler and dryer during the Early Permian period.. . 280 million years ago, long before the reign of dinosaurs, Dimetrodon emerged as the dominant land predator, a position they held for the next 20 million years. Contrary to their reptilian stance and dinosaur-like appearance, Dimetrodon are in fact more closely related to mammals, and hence to humans, than to dinosaurs or reptiles.

Category: PALEONTOLOGY

Credit: Album / Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images

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Print size: 35.6 × 35.6 cm | 1653.5 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

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