Prehistoric Dicynodont <i>Dicynodon</i> (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Prehistoric Dicynodont <i>Dicynodon</i>

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The pig-size Dicynodon was part of a large, dominant group of plant eaters found across the southern hemisphere until the mass extinction event weakened their numbers so that newly emerging herbivores could compete.

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Marlene Donnelly/Field Museum of Natural History

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