Eotitanosuchus
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Eotitanosuchus olsoni is a mammal-like reptile whose fossils were found in the town of Ochyor in Perm Krai
, Russia
, in channel flood deposits along with Biarmosuchus tener, Estemmenosuchus uralensis and Estemmenosuchus mirabilis.
It lived about 255 mya and was a very large animal; although the skull usually shown is about 35 cm long, this belongs to a juvenile, it is estimated that the adult skull would be about 1 meter long.
Like Biarmosuchus tener, it was primitive in that, though it was a predator, the temple opening behind the eye was small, giving it a weak bite
. The temple was, however, larger at the top than in the biarmosuchia
ns.
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
, Russia
Russia
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, in channel flood deposits along with Biarmosuchus tener, Estemmenosuchus uralensis and Estemmenosuchus mirabilis.
It lived about 255 mya and was a very large animal; although the skull usually shown is about 35 cm long, this belongs to a juvenile, it is estimated that the adult skull would be about 1 meter long.
Like Biarmosuchus tener, it was primitive in that, though it was a predator, the temple opening behind the eye was small, giving it a weak bite
Bite
A bite is a wound received from the mouth of an animal, including humans.Animals may bite in self-defense, in an attempt to predate food, as well as part of normal interactions. Other bite attacks may be apparently unprovoked. Self inflicted bites occur in some genetic illnesses such as...
. The temple was, however, larger at the top than in the biarmosuchia
Biarmosuchia
Biarmosuchia, also known as Eotitanosuchia and Phthinosuchia, is an assemblage of primitive Permian therapsids that represent either a paraphyletic stem group or a very early off-shoot of the main therapsid tree....
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