Synapsid
Inostrancevia
It is known from several skulls and two nearly complete skeletons.
Inostrancevia was one of the large predators of the Permian, before the time of the giant dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
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Inostrancevia at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Permian
- Group
- Gorgonopsia
- Gorgonopsians
- Fossil locations
- Russia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Inostrancevia
It was a large carnivorous therapsid from the gorgonopsian group. The Russian finds include almost complete skeletons that allowed the study of one of the large predators of the Permian.
Several skulls and two nearly complete skeletons reveal much of its body as well as its head. It belonged to the gorgonopsians, a branch of therapsids separate from the carnivorous dinosaurs that appeared later.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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- Inostrancevia
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- Gorgonopsia
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- The mammalian lineage
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