Caseopsis

Extinct genus of synapsids

Caseopsis
Temporal range: Kungurian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Caseasauria
Family: Caseidae
Genus: Caseopsis
Olson, 1962
Species:
C. agilis
Binomial name
Caseopsis agilis
Olson, 1962

Caseopsis is an extinct genus of large pelycosaurs that was about 3 metres (10 ft) 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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References

  • Kungurian life
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Tetrapodomorpha
    • see Tetrapodomorpha
Reptiliomorpha
    • see Reptiliomorpha
Synapsida
    • see below↓
Caseasauria?
Eothyrididae
Caseidae
Varanopidae?
Mesenosaurinae
Varanodontinae
Metopophora
    • see below↓
Incertae sedis
Ennatosaurus tecton Varanodon agilis
Ophiacodontidae
Edaphosauridae
Palaeohatteriidae
Sphenacodontoidea
Sphenacodontidae
Therapsida
    • see below↓
Clepsydrops colletii

Gordodon kraineri

Secodontosaurus obtusidens
Biarmosuchia
    • see Biarmosuchia
Dinocephalia
    • see Dinocephalia
Anomodontia
Gorgonopsia
    • see Gorgonopsia
Eutheriodontia
Therocephalia
    • see Therocephalia
Cynodontia
Incertae sedis
Raranimus dashankouensis
Taxon identifiers
Caseopsis


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