#melanedaphodon — Public Fediverse posts
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Scientists Discover One of the Earliest Mammal Ancestors That Ate Its Veggies: The new finding pushes the first signs of tetrapod #herbivory back millions of years https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2023/04/05/smithsonian-scientists-discover-one-of-the-earliest-mammal-ancestors-that-ate-its-veggies/
A new #Carboniferous #edaphosaurid and the origin of herbivory in #mammal forerunners https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30626-8
#Melanedaphodon’s teeth, which end in bulbous points, are unique. But they do possess some similarities to the chompers of #Edaphosaurus and living #lizards that eat plants as part of their diets.