What are Pelycosaurs?
Q: What are Pelycosaurs?
A: Pelycosaurs were the earliest synapsids that were the dominant land animals for some 40 million years and were almost wiped out by the P/Tr extinction event.
Q: What does the term Pelycosaur mean?
A: The term Pelycosaur means "basin lizards."
Q: Were Pelycosaurs dinosaurs or reptiles?
A: Pelycosaurs were not dinosaurs or reptiles.
Q: What is the relation between Pelycosaurs and the mammals?
A: Pelycosaurs led to the therapsids, which led to the mammals.
Q: What is the most notable Pelycosaur?
A: Dimetrodon was the most notable Pelycosaur and the top predator of its time.
Q: When did Pelycosaurs go extinct?
A: Pelycosaurs went extinct at the end of the Permian period.
Q: Why is the term "Pelycosaur" not used much nowadays?
A: Because the term "Pelycosaur" does not include their descendants, it is not used much now.
