Talk:Edaphosaurus

The "Gallery" section is disjointed. There are too many images here in comparison to the text, so we need to decide how to arrange them better, or which ones we should drop. John.Conway 14:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Here are some synonyms concerning Edaphosaurus according to the Paleofile.com: http://www.paleofile.com/Demo/Mainpage/Taxalist/Pelycosaurs.htm

Genus: Edaphosaurus COPE, 1882 = Brachycnemius WILLISTON, 1911 = Naosaurus COPE, 1886 E. cruciger (COPE, 1878) = Dimetrodon cruciger COPE, 1878 = Naosaurus cruciger (COPE, 1878) = Edaphosaurus microdus COPE, 1884 = Naosaurus microdus (COPE, 1881) E. pogonias COPE, 1882 (Type) = Naosaurus pogonias COPE, 1882 = Naosaurus claviger COPE, 1886 = Brachycnemius dolischomerus WILLISTON, 1911 E. novomexicanus WILLISTON & CASE, 1913 E. boanerges ROMER & PRICE, 1940 E. colohistion BERMAN, 1979

incertae sedis: E. raymondi CASE, 1908 = Naosaurus raymondi (CASE, 1908) = Ianthasaurus raymondi CASE, 1908

Elatrin (talk) 19:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Papers & references
I have these papers, whenever anyone wants to collaborate on this article:


 * Modesto, S. P.; Reisz, R. R. (1990). "Taxonomic status of Edaphosaurus raymondi Case". Journal of Paleontology 64: 1049–1051.
 * Modesto, S. P.; Reisz, R. R. (1992). "Restudy of Permo-Carboniferous synapsid Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Williston and Case, the oldest known herbivorous amniote". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 29: 2653–2662.
 * Modesto, S. P. (1995). "The skull of the herbivorous synapsid Edaphosaurus boanerges from the Lower Permian of Texas". Palaeontology 38: 213–239.
 * Bennett, S. C. (1996). "Aerodynamics and thermoregulatory function of the dorsal sail of Edaphosaurus". Paleobiology 22: 496–506.

Also I have created a full ref-list for Edaphosaurus here. Liopleurodon93 ( talk ) 00:46, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Nature of sail
I recently visited the AMNH. While photographing the Edaphosaurus skeleton, I noticed that the spinal processes on its vertebrae had lateral protrusions at various intervals along their length. I do not believe these extensions would be present if they did not serve a physiological purpose. Their presence suggests that the sail of Edaphosaurus was not a simple skin membrane, but may actually have been much thicker, perhaps cartilaginous, in life. Unfortunately, I can provide no further information to support my hypothesis, but I hope you will take this into consideration. 192.160.131.27 (talk) 19:54, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It can not be taken into consideration if it isn't published. FunkMonk (talk) 20:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

E.C. Case and Naosaurus's demise
Contrary to what the article claims, while Case's 1907 Revision argues that there are no certainties with regards to the skull of Naosaurus cruciger, nowhere does he claim an Edaphosaurus skull is more likely - if he does, I sure can't find it in the paper. --Ilja.nieuwland (talk) 09:12, 22 March 2023 (UTC)