Tag: dinocephalian
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265-million-year-old fossil reveals oldest, largest predator in South America, long before the rise of dinosaurs
Phys.org has a story about a new Permian fossil from Brazil. Pampaphoneus biccai lived about 265 million years ago, during the Permian Period, around what is now São Gabriel in Southern Brazil. It was a dinocephalian, which are related to early mammals. This specimen is the first found in South America. Previously, they were only…
