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  Dimetrodon (Dimetrodon angelensis)
The Dimetrodon was a flesh eater, a carnivore
Although, the Dimetrodon may not be a runner, it is thought to be a fast walker and because of it's sail like fin, it may appeared larger to other animals.
Other paleontologists thought the Dimetrodons would mate in the spring and the eggs would hatch in mid summer.The female lays her eggs in rotten wood, a hole in the ground, or elsewhere on land.
www.thebigzoo.com /animals/Dimetrodon.asp   (523 words)

  
 Palaeos Vertebrates 390.400 Synapsida: Sphenacodontia
Dimetrodon was the dominant predator in its environment for some twenty-five million years, during which time it evolved through about a dozen species, become steadily larger as time progressed (an example of "Cope's Law").
Dimetrodon legs, although strong, were short, so it may have hunted through ambushing its prey, the sail on the back also no doubt serving to help camoflague the creature when it hid among stands of bamboo-like Calamite plants.
Dimetrodon is such a well-known creature it's even featured in most popular books on dinosaurs (even though it is not a dinosaur, and not even related).
www.palaeos.com /Vertebrates/Units/Unit390/400.html   (1351 words)

  
 Dimetrodon - Enchanted Learning Software
Dimetrodon was a sail-backed, meat-eating animal that lived during the Permian Period, roughly 280 million year ago, long before the dinosaurs evolved.
Dimetrodon was a dominant carnivore during the Permian period, living mainly in swampy areas.
Dimetrodon was a carnivore with a huge head and mouth, large, powerful jaws, and two types of teeth - sharp canines and shearing teeth.
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Dimetrodon.shtml   (681 words)

  
 Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon was one of the mammal-like reptiles, and belonged to the group of reptiles we call the Pelycosaurs.
Dimetrodon, whose name means "two kinds of teeth", is considered to represent the culmination of Spenacodontian development.
Dimetrodon is best known for its enormously elongated neural spines that are believed to have supported a "sail" on its back.
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 Dimetrodon - Permian Period
Dimetrodon - ancestor of the mammals belonged to the family called Pelycosaurs, which had both mammal and reptile characteristics.
Dimetrodon was a dominant carnivore, the largest one of the Permian period.
Dimetrodon is one of the more recognized of the early reptiles..
www.prehistory.com /dimetrod.htm   (362 words)

  
 Dimetrodon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Technically speaking, the dimetrodon is not a dinosaur, but pelycosaur.
While known for the sail on its back, its most intriguing feature really is the two kinds of teeth it had ("dimetrodon" means "two-toothed"), making it distantly related to us.
Cut the line between the legs and along the belly line.
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 Dimetrodon
When I saw my first Dimetrodon I was surprised at how small it was.
I knew it was about ten feet long, but I didn't realize half of that was tail.
While often mistaken for a dinosaur, Dimetrodon was actually a mammal-like reptile of the Early Permian period.
www.aethertraveller.com /HouseRules/Encounters/beastie/carnivore/dimetrodon.htm   (95 words)

  
 Warehouse 23: Beanosaurs: Danny Dimetrodon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The dimetrodon (dy-MET-ro-don) lived about 270 million years ago.
Dimetrodon means "two sharp teeth," referring to its long sharp teeth for eating meat.
Danny Dimetrodon is a charming little plush toy, filled with stuffing and beanies for a squishable texture.
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