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therapsid

Mammal-like reptiles of Permo-Triassic age from the Karoo beds of South Africa. They displayed radiation into several varied groups, and gave rise to the mammals.



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Dinosaurs The cold-blooded reptiles seemed to live better in the desert-like land environment than the Therapsids, or mammal-like reptiles.
Among the Therapsids was the gorgon, a 10-foot-long monster resembling a hybrid of lion and lizard.
 
 
 
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