Dicynodont Skeleton Mounted Replica

$1,638.00

The front of the skull and the lower jaw are generally narrow and, in all but a number of primitive forms, toothless. Instead, dicynodont front of the mouth is equipped with a horny beak, as in turtles.

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Dicynodont Skeleton Mounted Replica measures 28×17.4×6.8 in. Dicynodont Skeleton Mounted Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Our precise skeleton can be used as a teaching tool, museum skeleton exhibit, home décor skeleton, or office décor skeleton. Ships Freight, please call 509-951-3557 for shipping quote.

Upper Permian From the collection of Koltelnich Peleontological Museum in Russia. Austalobarbarus kotelnichi. Dicynodont is a taxon of anomodont therapsids with beginnings in the mid-Permian, which were dominant in the Late Permian, survived the Permian Extinction that wiped out most other therapsids and continued on throughout the Triassic before dying out at the end of the period.

The dicynodont skull is highly specialized, light but strong, with the synapsid temporal openings at the rear of the skull greatly enlarged to accommodate larger jaw muscles. The front of the skull and the lower jaw are generally narrow and, in all but a number of primitive forms, toothless.

Instead, the front of the mouth is equipped with a horny beak, as in turtles. Food was processed by the retraction of the lower jaw when the mouth closed, producing a powerful shearing action, which would have enabled dicynodonts to cope with tough plant material. Many genera also have a pair of tusks, which it is thought may have been an example of sexual dimorphism.

The body is short, strong and barrel-shaped, with strong limbs. In large genera (such as Dinodontosaurus) the hindlimbs were held erect, but the forelimbs bent at the elbow. Both the pectoral girdle and the ilium are large and strong. The tail is short.

Dicynodonts have long been suspected of being warm-blooded animals. Their bones are highly vascularized and possess Haversian canals, and their bodily proportions are conducive to heat preservation.

In young specimens, the bones are so highly vascularized that they exhibit higher channel densities than most other therapsids. Yet, studies on Late Triassic dicynodont coprolites paradoxically showcase digestive patterns more typical of animals with slow metabolisms.

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Weight 120 lbs
Dimensions 28 × 17.4 × 6.8 in