#Secondontosaurus

[saritawolff]

Like Dimetrodon, Secondontosaurus was another sail-backed Sphenacodontid from early Permian Texas. Unlike Dimetrodon, it had long slender jaws, which seemed to have been specialized for catching fish or poking into burrows. Also unlike dimetrodon, Secondontosaurus seems to have been pretty rare, and as its fossils are rarely found I didn’t have much information to go off of! But I wanted to include just one more “sail back” and I think Secondontosaurus is a pretty unique one.

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