HOME | DD

Description
You are looking at one of the largest herbivores on Earth F07A's Late Cretaceous period. No, this is not a dinosaur but an advanced dicynodont, a synapsid cousin of true mammals. The end-Triassic extinction didn't end the reign of dicynodonts on this parallel Earth so they remained the dominant herbivores until K-Pg, gradually converging with our world's megamammals and ceratopsian dinosaurs. The name Tetracerops refers to the four facial horns of this giant dicynodont which are shared by both the males and females and used in both defense and intraspecific combat. The four squamosal horns seen in this individual only develop in sexually mature males and serve a display purpose.

Description
You are looking at one of the largest herbivores on Earth F07A's Late Cretaceous period. No, this is not a dinosaur but an advanced dicynodont, a synapsid cousin of true mammals. The end-Triassic extinction didn't end the reign of dicynodonts on this parallel Earth so they remained the dominant herbivores until K-Pg, gradually converging with our world's megamammals and ceratopsian dinosaurs. The name Tetracerops refers to the four facial horns of this giant dicynodont which are shared by both the males and females and used in both defense and intraspecific combat. The four squamosal horns seen in this individual only develop in sexually mature males and serve a display purpose.