earth-20 11 months ago

When Saber-Toothed Gorgonopsids Ruled the Earth

Inostrancevia is an extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids, which lived 260-250 million years ago during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and South Africa.

Inostrancevia is the biggest known gorgonopsid, with the most massive fossil specimens suggesting a size estimated between 3 and 3.5 meters in length.


00:00 - Inostrancevia

01:40 - Behavior of Gorgonopsids

02:54 - Life Cycle of Gorgonopsids

04:09 - Gorgonopsians

06:52 - Teeth

09:37 - Bite

13:52 - Extinction of Gorgonopsids