Mesosaurus, Permian Freshwater Reptile Protoceratops These animals had large

These animals had large

a lepospondyl

approximately 1km stratigraphically above the famous Ediacaran biota at Mistaken Point

and possibly carrion

The left fibula is preserved on the main slab

Mesosaurus, Permian Freshwater Reptile Protoceratops These animals had largeBeautiful plaque preserving a unique water dwelling early reptile form. Known from only South America and Africa, this distribution of Mesosaurus supports the understanding that these great continents were once joined together; Mesosaurus could easily swim rivers from one continent to another but salty oceans would have thwarted the freshwater creature from crossing an existing ocean. Mesosaurus sp. Early Permian (280 m. y. a.) Irati Formation Sao