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Its head was particularly striking

pointed beak

the large long-necked dinosaurs

from plains to forest areas

Sphenacodon ferox skeleton Su cráneo medía hasta 1Sphenacodon ferox : A primitive predator on the path of mammals During the Early Permian, some 300 million years ago, terrestrial ecosystems were dominated by a diverse and constantly evolving fauna. Among the most prominent predators of that time was Sphenacodon ferox , a carnivorous synapsid that inhabited the regions that now constitute the southwestern United States. This animal, although extinct for hundreds of millions of years, represents a key