Edaphosaurus

EDAPHOSAURUS

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 * It is a "sail back" reptile.
 * It was a herbovoire.
 * Edaphosaurus means "ground lizard"
 * It had a small,short and shallow skull.
 * It had a wide body and a thick tail.
 * Its sail was method of heat regulation.
 * When it got cold it could let the suns rays hit its sail and it would warm up the blood in the sail.
 * Making its whole body warmer. It could warm up faster than any other reptile.
 * Its high metabolism assisted it in outrunning predetors.
 * It evolved in the late carboniferous period and lived into the early permian period.
 * 3 meters in length (9-10 feet)
 * it was a herbovore, and the ones with the giant sail in the clip are carnivores!!