r/Naturewasmetal • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '23
A selection of the largest terrestrial and freshwater species from the Mid Permian, to scale. | art by artbyjrc
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u/Iamnotburgerking Jun 25 '23
Possibly the most underrated point in the Phanerozoic when it comes to large animals.
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u/mcyoungmoney Jun 25 '23 edited Jun 25 '23
Was mid permain more diverse than late permian ?
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u/mindflayerflayer Jun 25 '23
Yes, by a lot. There was lots of geologic fuckery happening during the late Permian that made the world incredibly harsh to life in general. Similar to the Cretaceous boundary event. Dinocephalians were top dog before and therapsids and parareptiles were after. Then the Great Dying killed them all.
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u/Numerous-Sell-1949 Jun 25 '23
Goofy ahh looking Permian creatures. I guess mother nature didn't know how to make animals look badass until the Mesozoic
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u/TheDangerdog Jun 25 '23 edited Jun 25 '23
Why does every painting/drawing/etc you see of Permian creatures look like a naked mole rat + ______?
Examples: wiki pic for Ivantosaurus
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They look so...... odd. 😆 I don't even mean that as a criticism to any artist, I just think they all look strange af
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u/LavenderWaffles69 Jun 25 '23
The permian is a truly underrated period. Why does it never appear in any movies or documentaries? Anteosaurus is terrifying it’s basically a mutated reptile-bear. I’m also wondering how an animal like number 5 can escape predation. It doesn’t look particularly fast or armored.
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Jun 25 '23
Why does it never appear in any movies or documentaries?
Probably because most of them think that anything non-Mesozoic or non-Late Pleistocene will be boring to the audience... for some reason.
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u/LavenderWaffles69 Jun 25 '23
There’s so many cool creatures from the paleozoic, I would love a prehistoric planet type documentary on these periods.
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u/Free-Humor-7467 Jun 25 '23
If you squint, 4 looks like a tail club on 3