Edaphosaurus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Edaphosaurus
- Continent
- North America, Europe
- Group
- Mammal-like reptile
- Period
- Carboniferous, Permian
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- Small (1–3 m)
- Moves
- On four legs
- Feature
- Back sail
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its sail had little crossbars sticking out of the spines, like the twigs on a branch.
- Its name means pavement lizard, after the flat crushing tooth plates in its mouth.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q131688 · All prehistoric life · All entries