Caseopsis

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Caseopsis
Fossil range: late Early Permian (Kungurian Age)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Pelycosauria
Suborder: Caseasauria
Family: Caseidae
Genus: Caseopsis
Species
  • Caseopsis agilis

Caseopsis was a large pelycosaur that was about 3 meters long. Caseopsis lived in the late Early Permian epoch (Kungurian Age), before the pelycosaurs were replaced by the more advanced therapsids (in the next age). It was a lightly built, agile creature. It may have been possible for this species to outpace and escape large predators such as Dimetrodon.

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