Caseoides

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Caseoides
Fossil range: late Early Permian (Kungurian Age)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Synapsida
Order: Pelycosauria
Suborder: Caseasauria
Family: Caseidae
Genus: Caseoidea
Species
  • Caseoides sanangelensis

Caseoides was a large pelycosaur synapsid that lived in the Kungurian Age (late Early Permian epoch). It was about 3 meters long, and like many other caseids, it was herbivorous. It weighed between 150 kg to 200 kg. Its fossils were found on Texas. Caseoides was very similar to Casea, but was slightly larger in size. Caseoides was heavily built creature, as most of Caseids (except Caseopsis). In the development of its proportionally thick, stout limbs it represents the culmination of the Casea lineage. Its relatives became smaller in size during the Roadian Age (after Kungurian).

[edit] Related Genera

  • Caseopsis - a relative of Caseoides, they lived side-by-side in Texas, but Caseopsis was lightly built, unlike Caseoides
  • Casea - another relative, only smaller in size, but Casoides and Casea were very similar in body shape
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