Despite its imposing appearance

beak-like skull

Length 387mm

as it provides evidence of the early diversification of these animals in the waters of South America

Dimetrodon limbatus Dryosaurus Despite its imposing appearanceDimetrodon limbatus, extinct species of synapse reptile, belonging to the group known as pelycosaurs. They lived during the Permian period, approximately 295 to 272 million years ago. Despite often being mistaken for a dinosaur, Dimetrodon was not a dinosaur, but rather a distant relative that lived long before dinosaurs appeared. One of the most distinctive features of Dimetrodon limbatus is its dorsal sail, which was made up of tall structures of