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Dimetrodon
Name's meaning: "two shapes of tooth"
Pronounciation: die-MET-roe-don
Physical Description:
A full grown Dimetrodon measured about 6-11 feet long, and was around 3-4 feet tall. It weighed around 250 lbs. (weight estimates vary greatly for dinosaurs).
The Dimetrodon is considered a reptile and not a dinosaur, but because of it's age is often mistaken for a dinosaur. The Dimetrodon had an amazing semi-circle shaped sail on its back. The sail had many long bones in it that connected to it's spine. These long bones helped support the sail.
Dimetrodon had four short legs, that sprawled out from it's sides. It was probably a slow dinosaur because of it's sprawling legs.
Young Earth Age:
Alive sometime in the last 6000 years.
Old Earth Age:
According to old earth scientists, Dimetrodon lived in the Permian period, about 280 million years ago.
Diet:
It was a carnivore (ate other animals).
Fossil locations:
Dimetrodon fossils have been found in Texas, Oklahoma, Europe and Russia.
Classification:
Pelycosaurs
