User:Hlauhon/Captorhinus

Background Information
C. aguti was a small captorhinid reptile that lived during the Permian Period 286 MYA to 245 MYA when the continents were still connected as Pangea. An abundance of fossils have been found in Oklahoma, Brazil, and Texas, including a skull, hindlimb bones, spinal vertebra, ribs, and forelimb bones. The entire skeleton of C. aguti resembles a modern lizard.

C. aguti likely practiced lateralized feeding, as enamel on the teeth of the upper and lower right jaws was more worn down than on the left side.

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