That picture looks awfully mammalian
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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... with leathery skin like a rhinoceros.
"Let's put fur on it in the picture, for a treat."
its a stem mammal, gorgonopsid. basically a mammal but not quite mammal, but still has reptilian features.
Synapsida is a diverse group of tetrapod vertebrates that includes all mammals and their extinct relatives.
They include these goofy looking guys, Cotylorhynchus, AKA the anti-Charlie Kirk.
Tortoise 0.5
Sounds like it includes mammals in the cladistic sense though. So pre-mammals?
Bet he was the goodest of bois
with leathery skin like a rhinoceros.
Then why the dog like fur?
Coz fur warm and dog like nap
Wanna bet this thing was basically just a really cuddly puppy?
(yeah. me neither. but I know a few we can let find out for the rest of us.)
For some reason I picture it as having really droopy jowls covering those canines. Like a mastiff on steroids.
I wanna pet one!
If not fren why shaped like fren?
So I’m guessing this was before actual ears were invented, and all you got was a couple dumb tiny holes to pick up the noise?