More than just a time difference separates Dimetrodon from dinosaurs, though, and to understand why we have to look at its skull. The skull of Dimetrodon certainly looks monstrous, but if you look ...

At a glance, the skulls of Dimetrodon look quite similar. Their main difference is in size. But the teeth of Dimetrodon are a different story. Details in enamel and dentine, Brink and Reisz report ...

After taking a closer look, Bakker realized he was actually looking at a Dimetrodon's jaw and skull. "The skull is where the brain is and the jaw muscles and the teeth and the sense of smell and ...

Dr Robert Reisz, from the University of Toronto Mississauga said: 'The steak knife configuration of these teeth and the architecture of the skull suggest Dimetrodon was able to grab and rip and ...

Fossils of Dimetrodon skulls and jaws were examined by several tools, including an electron microscope. Specimens from more than 25 million years of evolution were examined over the course of the ...

Dimetrodon’s serrations appeared without any corresponding changes elsewhere in the jaw and skull. That suggests the serrations didn’t evolve as an adaptation to changes in the skull they sat ...

with the skull resting near the rest of the body. The discovery of the animal's head, especially, is significant as it appears to represent a species, Dimetrodon giganhomogenes, that has been ...

The longest-lived and most geographically widespread sphenacodontid taxon is Dimetrodon ... strongly constructed snouts, massive skulls and deep jaws. Their strongly heterodont dentition with ...

Brink and Reisz studied the changes in Dimetrodon teeth across 25 million years of evolution. The analysis indicated the changes in tooth structure occurred in the absence of any significant evolution ...