Caseopsis
Extinct genus of synapsids
Caseopsis Temporal range: Kungurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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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- Kungurian life
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- See also: Pelycosauria
- Phthinosuchia
- Theriodontia
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