Now it's time for my favorite non-dinosaur dinosaur! I've always been fascinated by early proto-mammals, especially dimetrodon. Halfway through I realized I didn't have enough paper but I think I made it work.

#Dimetrodon #synapsida #paleoart #paleontology

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Bendel E, Kammerer CF, Smith RMH, Fröbisch J. 2023. The postcranial anatomy of Gorgonops torvus (Synapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the late Permian of South Africa. PeerJ 11:e15378 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15378

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Harano T, Asahara M. 2023. Revisiting the evolutionary trend toward the mammalian lower jaw in non-mammalian synapsids in a phylogenetic context. PeerJ 11:e15575 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15575

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Maurício Rodrigo Schmitt, Agustín Guillermo Martinelli, João Felipe Leal Kaiuca, Cesar Leandro Schultz & Marina Bento Soares (2023)
Old fossil findings in the Upper Triassic rocks of southern Brazil improve diversity of traversodontid cynodonts (Therapsida, Cynodontia)
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25244
https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25244

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Christian F. Kammerer, Pia A. Viglietti, Elize Butler & Jennifer Botha (2023)
Rapid turnover of top predators in African terrestrial faunas around the Permian-Triassic mass extinction
Current Biology (advance online publication)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.007
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982223004554
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00455-4

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Kayla D. Bazzana-Adams, David C. Evans & Robert R. Reisz (2023)
Neurosensory anatomy and function in Dimetrodon, the first terrestrial apex predator
iScience 106473
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106473
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223005503

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Lautenschlager, S., Fagan, M.J., Luo, ZX. et al. Functional reorganisation of the cranial skeleton during the cynodont–mammaliaform transition. Commun Biol 6, 367 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04742-0

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Li-juan Xie, Jian Yi, Jian-ru Shi, Zhi-shuai Kang, Shi-chao Xu & Run-fu Wang (2023)
The morphology and histology of a juvenile Sinokannemeyeria from the Middle Triassic Ermaying Formation of Shanxi, North China.
China Geology 6: 1-10.
doi: 10.31035/cg2023030.
http://chinageology.cgs.cn/article/doi/10.31035/cg2023030?pageType=en

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Kerber, L., Roese-Miron, L., Bubadué, J. M., & Martinelli, A. G. (2023). Endocranial anatomy of the early prozostrodonts (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) and the neurosensory evolution of the mammalian forerunners. The Anatomical Record, 1– 32. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25215

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Mann, A., Henrici, A.C., Sues, HD. et al. A new Carboniferous edaphosaurid and the origin of herbivory in mammal forerunners. Sci Rep 13, 4459 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30626-8

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Maho T, Bevitt JJ, Reisz RR. 2023. New specimens of the early Permian apex predator Varanops brevirostris at Richards Spur, Oklahoma, with histological information about its growth pattern. PeerJ 11:e14898 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14898

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Calábková, G., Březina, J., Nosek, V. et al. Synapsid tracks with skin impressions illuminate the terrestrial tetrapod diversity in the earliest Permian of equatorial Pangea. Sci Rep 13, 1130 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27939-z

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#Inostrancevia, one of the most majestic permian animals... The model is based on a photogrammetry of the skeleton (the color is inspired by an illustration by D. Bonadonna, we created it for the "Museo delle Scienze" in Trento) #permian #synapsida #Gorgonopsia

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