Turbinates in
therapsids: evidence for late Permian origins of mammalian endothermy.
The new species, named Tiarajudens eccentricus, was part of a group of ancient animals called
therapsids, many of which are relatives of today's mammals.
At the 32nd International Geological Congress held in Florence in August 2004, various articles about the study of
therapsid footprints from different sites were presented: New Mexico (USA), Lodeve (France), Esterel (France), and the Central European Permo-Triassic basin (Germany and Poland).
The skeleton of a baurioid therocephalian
therapsid from the Lower Triassic (Lystrosaurus zone) of South Africa.
Recently, scientists have become interested in another type of animal,
therapsids.
Therapsids were "mammal-like" reptiles and are ancestors to the mammals, including humans, found today.
Of special import, the oldest mammals--mouse-sized and insect-eating--evolved from reptiles (
therapsids) ~200 Mya.
Washington, August 29 ( ANI ): The ancient closest relatives of mammals -cynodont
therapsids - were able to survive the greatest mass extinction 252 million years ago and thrived in the aftermath, a new research has claimed.
In the Permian Age, some 265 million years ago, mammallike reptiles called
Therapsids, dominated the planet to the degree that people do today.