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Ophiacodon

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in 1907, although he later dismissed the idea. Anatomical features suggesting that it spent much of its time in the water include broad claws that seemed to be adaptations for paddling, thin jaws and numerous small teeth that seemed to be adapted for eating fish, and weakly developed bones, which are
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variations related to the ages of individuals. Smaller bones often have more poorly developed joint surfaces than larger bones, implying that they come from juvenile individuals while the larger bones come from adults. Analysis of the
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has a large skull with a deep snout. It has the longest skull of any early synapsid, reaching up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in one specimen. The jaws are lined with many small teeth. It was larger than most other
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would not have been an effective means of propulsion because the feet were still relatively small and had little surface area over which to form a paddle. Analysis of the vertebrae of
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indicate that it was most likely terrestrial and spent little time in water. A paleobiological inference model for the femur likewise suggests a terrestrial lifestyle for
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Maddin, H.C.; Evans, D.C. & Reisz, R.R. (2006). "An Early Permian varanodontine varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Richards Spur Locality, Oklahoma".
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show a fast growth pattern called fibrolamellar bone (FLB), suggesting at least partial warm-bloodedness. The FLB pattern is also found in birds and mammals.
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or microscopic anatomy of bones suggests that differences in size represent different growth stages rather than different species.
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most likely lived on land, but paleontologists have sometimes thought that it was semi-aquatic. An aquatic habitat for
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vary greatly in size. These differences in size were once used to distinguish species, but are now recognized as
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proposed that hindlimbs with a greater length than forelimbs was another aquatic adaptation of
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Brinkman, D. (1988). "Size-independent criteria for estimating relative age in
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seen in many other secondarily aquatic tetrapods. In 1940, paleontologists
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in 1878 and currently includes five other species. As an ophiacodontid,
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synapsids and is close to the evolutionary line leading to mammals.
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in North America and Europe. The genus was named along with its
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long bone histology: supporting the Brinkman hypothesis".
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Quémeneur, S.; de Buffrénil, V. & Laurin, M. (2013).
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Unterpermische Pelycosaurier aus den englischen Midlands
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Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
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in the American Museum of Natural History, New York
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