When Saber-Toothed Gorgonopsids Ruled the Earth
Inostrancevia is an extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids, which lived 260-250 million years ago during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and South Africa.
Inostrancevia is the biggest known gorgonopsid, with the most massive fossil specimens suggesting a size estimated between 3 and 3.5 meters in length.
00:00 Inostrancevia
01:40 Behavior of Gorgonopsids
02:54 Life Cycle of Gorgonopsids
04:09 Gorgonopsians
06:52 Teeth
09:37 Bite
13:52 Extinction of Gorgonopsids
Sources:
1. https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/synapsids/g...
2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2416882
3. https://www.washington.edu/news/1998/...
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgono...
5. https://www.sci.news/paleontology/sou...
6. https://gagebeasleyprehistoric.com/pr...
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