Dimetrodon limbatus Longisquama Meraxes was a large theropod

Meraxes was a large theropod

Its head was small compared to the size of its body and was equipped with chisel-shaped teeth that it used to tear leaves and branches from trees and plants

This species lived during the Eocene

Its ears were small

Dimetrodon limbatus Longisquama Meraxes was a large theropodDimetrodon limbatus, extinct species of synapse reptile, belonging to the group known as pelycosaurs. They lived during the Permian period, approximately 295 to 272 million years ago. Despite often being mistaken for a dinosaur, Dimetrodon was not a dinosaur, but rather a distant relative that lived long before dinosaurs appeared. One of the most distinctive features of Dimetrodon limbatus is its dorsal sail, which was made up of tall structures of