Alveusdectes

In Depth        Alveusdectes is an important discovery as it represents one of the last surviving diadectimorphs to live.‭ ‬Diadectomorphs‭ (‬those like Diadectes‭) ‬were reptilomorphs that rose to prominence during the Carboniferous,‭ ‬but they were eventually replaced by therapsids and true reptiles.‭ ‬What the discovery of Alveusdectes tells us is that while their numbers declined during … Read more

Tseajaia

In Depth        An otherwise unassuming little reptilomorph,‭ ‬the presence of Tseajaia in the earlier half of the Permian period is at least proof that some reptilomorphs made it this far in Earth’s history.‭ ‬The teeth of Tseajaia are notably blunt which has led to the idea that Tseajaia may have been slightly if not exclusively … Read more