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Sphenacodontidae

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The skull is long, deep and narrow, an adaptation for strong jaw muscles. The front teeth are large and dagger-like, whereas the teeth in the sides and rear of the jaw are much smaller (hence the name of the well-known genus
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group that includes sphenacodontids and all their descendants (including mammals), while Sphenacodontidae in the strict sense includes only specialised pelycosaurs, and not earlier more primitive members of the family like
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device. However, possession of a sail does not appear to have been essential for these animals. For example, there is the case in which one genus (
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Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie – Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, Part 17A Pelycosauria
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synapsid characters; these animals constitute an evolutionary gradation from primitive
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Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Pelycosauria/Sphenacodontidae.htm Sphenacodontidae
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these animals grew progressively larger (up to 3 meters or more), to become the
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of terrestrial environments. Sphenacodontid fossils are so far known only from
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and all their descendants, and is defined by certain features of the skull.
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is actually paraphyletic as originally described, defined by shared
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Several large (~3 meters) and advanced members of this group (
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group should evolve a sail, but the other group not.
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The clade 561: 557: 553: 549: 548:Pantelosaurus 545: 541: 536: 532: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 511: 508: 501: 500: 494: 487: 485: 483: 479: 475: 471: 470: 465: 461: 460: 455: 451: 450:neural spines 448: 444: 443: 438: 437: 432: 431: 426: 425: 419: 417: 416: 407: 406: 400: 393: 391: 389: 385: 384:North America 381: 380:top predators 377: 376:early Permian 373: 369: 365: 362: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 331: 327: 324: 320: 308: 307: 303: 301: 300: 296: 294: 293: 289: 287: 286: 285:Cryptovenator 282: 281: 280: 277: 274: 273: 272:Tetraceratops 269: 266: 265: 261: 259: 258: 254: 252: 251: 247: 245: 244: 240: 238: 237: 233: 231: 230: 226: 225: 223: 218: 213: 208: 202: 199: 198: 195: 192: 189: 186: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 172: 169: 166: 163: 162: 159: 156: 153: 152: 149: 146: 143: 142: 137: 132: 128: 124: 123: 118: 114: 109: 102: 97: 92: 87: 82: 77: 72: 67: 62: 57: 52: 47: 41: 38:300–272  34: 30: 29:Pennsylvanian 22: 19: 2838: 2804:Theriodontia 2794:Pelycosauria 2758:Niaftasuchus 2756: 2746: 2736: 2723: 2586:Dinocephalia 2575:Dinocephalia 2560:Biarmosuchia 2549:Biarmosuchia 2533: 2478: 2425: 2417: 2411:Steppesaurus 2409: 2402: 2395: 2388: 2381: 2374: 2367: 2359: 2352: 2347:Ctenorhachis 2345: 2338: 2330: 2315: 2288: 2281: 2258: 2248: 2238: 2228: 2218: 2185: 2178: 2171: 2164: 2157: 2152:Ianthasaurus 2150: 2143: 2138:Glaucosaurus 2136: 2131:Edaphosaurus 2129: 2122: 2099: 2089: 2054:Varanosaurus 2052: 2045: 2038: 2031: 2026:Echinerpeton 2024: 2017: 2010: 2003: 1928: 1918: 1908: 1898: 1888: 1878: 1865: 1821: 1814: 1807: 1800: 1793: 1785: 1778: 1758: 1753:Mesenosaurus 1751: 1744: 1737: 1730: 1723: 1703: 1696: 1688: 1681: 1674: 1669:Ascendonanus 1667: 1660: 1653: 1608:Trichasaurus 1606: 1599: 1592: 1585: 1578: 1571: 1564: 1557: 1552:Ennatosaurus 1550: 1545:Datheosaurus 1543: 1536: 1529: 1522: 1515: 1508: 1503:Arisierpeton 1501: 1496:Angelosaurus 1494: 1489:Alierasaurus 1487: 1467: 1460: 1453: 1445: 1438:Eothyrididae 1411: 1263: 1257:Superclass: 1173: 1170:Price, L. I. 1163:Romer, A. S. 1149: 1146:Reisz, R. R. 1130: 1120: 1089: 1085: 1035: 1031: 1021: 1004: 1000: 990: 968:(2): 1–224. 965: 961: 952: 843: 842: 826: 825: 809: 808: 785: 784: 761: 760: 748: 735: 709: 708: 685: 684: 668: 667: 651: 650: 627: 626: 601: 582: 576: 563: 559: 551: 547: 543: 539: 535:monophyletic 528: 509: 504: 497: 467: 457: 440: 434: 428: 422: 420: 413: 410: 403: 367: 352: 318: 317: 304: 297: 290: 283: 278: 270: 264:Steppesaurus 262: 255: 248: 241: 234: 229:Ctenorhachis 227: 206: 187: 174: 120: 18: 2863:Wikispecies 2644:Gorgonopsia 2633:Gorgonopsia 2618:dicynodonts 2612:Anomodontia 2601:Anomodontia 2404:Sphenacodon 2383:Macromerion 2173:Ramodendron 2159:Lupeosaurus 2019:Clepsydrops 2012:Baldwinonus 1977:Metopophora 1920:Mastersonia 1910:Knoxosaurus 1838:Metopophora 1746:Heleosaurus 1641:Varanopidae 1469:Vaughnictis 1447:Asaphestera 1428:Caseasauria 811:Sphenacodon 459:Sphenacodon 430:Sphenacodon 405:Sphenacodon 349:pelycosaurs 337:carnivorous 306:Sphenacodon 243:Macromerion 33:Guadalupian 2952:Categories 2792:See also: 2748:Kamagorgon 2738:Dinosaurus 2702:Cynodontia 2691:Cynodontia 2518:Therapsida 2505:Therapsida 2448:see below↓ 2439:Therapsida 2369:Dimetrodon 2317:Shashajaia 2101:Milosaurus 2033:Ophiacodon 1880:Dimacrodon 1847:see below↓ 1795:Ruthiromia 1780:Aerosaurus 1690:Nitosaurus 1683:Dendromaia 1655:Apsisaurus 1580:Martensius 1566:Euromycter 1347:see below↓ 1172:, (1940), 1137:Laurin, M. 1129:, (1969), 944:References 845:Dimetrodon 737:Therapsida 572:Therapsida 469:Dimetrodon 464:New Mexico 442:Dimetrodon 415:Dimetrodon 372:Capitanian 299:Dimetrodon 2706:includes 2616:includes 2535:Raranimus 2390:Neosaurus 2091:Ianthodon 1816:Varanodon 1676:Eoscansor 1587:Oromycter 1531:Caseopsis 1524:Caseoides 1462:Oedaleops 1392:Synapsida 1379:Synapsida 1338:Synapsida 1259:Tetrapoda 1245:Kingdom: 1229:Synapsida 585:., 2011: 579:cladogram 556:cladistic 522:therapsid 520:to early 514:primitive 447:vertebral 357:Kungurian 333:synapsids 250:Neosaurus 181:Synapsida 154:Kingdom: 148:Eukaryota 125:skeleton 2848:Wikidata 2814:Category 2376:Eosyodon 2361:Cutleria 2230:Haptodus 2220:Cutleria 2145:Gordodon 1900:Gorgodon 1890:Driveria 1823:Watongia 1809:Varanops 1732:Cabarzia 1725:Anningia 1480:Caseidae 1455:Eothyris 1253:Chordata 1251:Phylum: 1247:Animalia 1148:, 1986, 1119:(1988), 1064:34966586 932:See also 560:Haptodus 554:(in pre- 552:Cutleria 540:Haptodus 518:synapsid 499:Cutleria 236:Cutleria 200:Family: 168:Chordata 164:Phylum: 158:Animalia 144:Domain: 2922:4126307 2896:4819448 2883:4530660 2854:Q131809 2708:mammals 1559:Eocasea 1268:Amniota 1055:8667717 982:1005904 524:. The 478:Permian 361:Roadian 323:extinct 2909:116140 1698:Pyozia 1156:  1062:  1052:  1007:: 10. 980:  550:, and 507:family 388:Europe 326:family 214:, 1878 2935:38901 2904:IRMNG 1517:Casea 1264:Clade 1032:PeerJ 978:JSTOR 583:et al 526:clade 474:Texas 212:Marsh 188:Clade 175:Clade 2891:GBIF 2700:see 2677:see 2642:see 2610:see 2584:see 2558:see 1324:see 1297:see 1154:ISBN 1060:PMID 505:The 439:and 386:and 46:PreꞒ 2878:EoL 1094:doi 1050:PMC 1040:doi 1009:doi 1005:193 970:doi 343:to 328:of 2954:: 2932:: 2919:: 2906:: 2893:: 2880:: 2865:: 2850:: 1266:: 1090:56 1088:. 1084:. 1072:^ 1058:. 1048:. 1034:. 1030:. 1003:. 999:. 976:. 966:52 546:, 542:, 433:, 427:, 390:. 339:, 190:: 177:: 96:Pg 40:Ma 35:, 31:- 2754:† 2744:† 2734:† 2665:† 2630:† 2598:† 2572:† 2546:† 2531:† 2430:? 2422:? 2414:? 2364:? 2328:† 2313:† 2271:† 2256:† 2246:† 2236:† 2226:† 2216:† 2112:† 2097:† 2087:† 1993:† 1933:? 1926:† 1916:† 1906:† 1896:† 1886:† 1876:† 1790:? 1693:? 1643:? 1638:† 1450:? 1430:? 1425:† 1416:? 1409:† 1221:e 1214:t 1207:v 1102:. 1096:: 1066:. 1042:: 1036:9 1015:. 1011:: 984:. 972:: 347:" 275:? 267:? 204:† 101:N 91:K 86:J 81:T 76:P 71:C 66:D 61:S 56:O 51:Ꞓ

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Sphenacodontidae
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