Caseoides
Sign in to saveCaseoides is an extinct genus of large caseid synapsids that lived in the Kungurian Age (late Early Permian epoch). It was about long, and like many other caseids, it was herbivorous and aquatic. It weighed between . Its fossils were found in San Angelo Formation, Texas. Caseoides was very similar to Casea, but was slightly larger in size. Caseoides was a heavily built creature, as are most of the Caseids (except Caseopsis). In the development of its proportionally thick, stout limbs it represents the culmination of the Casea lineage. Its relatives became smaller during the Roadian Age. Only p
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Caseoides is an extinct genus of large caseid synapsids that lived in the Kungurian Age (late Early Permian epoch). It was about long, and like many other caseids, it was herbivorous and aquatic. It weighed between . Its fossils were found in San Angelo Formation, Texas. Caseoides was very similar to Casea, but was slightly larger in size. Caseoides was a heavily built creature, as are most of the Caseids (except Caseopsis). In the development of its proportionally thick, stout limbs it represents the culmination of the Casea lineage. Its relatives became smaller during the Roadian Age. Only poorly preserved postcranial material is known including limbs.
==See also== List of pelycosaurs Caseopsis - a relative of Caseoides, they lived side by side in Texas, but Caseopsis was lightly built, unlike Caseoides Casea - another relative, only smaller, but Casoides and Casea were very similar in body shape
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