Lystrosaurus (/ ˌlɪstroʊˈsɔːrəs /; 'shovel lizard'; proper Ancient Greek is λίστρον lístron ‘tool for leveling or smoothing, shovel, spade, hoe’) is an extinct genus of herbivorous dicynodont …

Lystrosaurus, extinct genus of about seven species of medium-sized heavily built animals that lived from the middle of the Permian Period through the early Triassic Period. The genus was …

May 27, 2024 · Lystrosaurus is an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsids from the Early Triassic and Late Permian periods. The name is from the Greek words “listron sauros,” meaning …

Aug 31, 2020 · New evidence suggests the Lystrosaurus species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs went into a state of hibernation to survive what is modern day Antarctica.

Aug 12, 2018 · Get an in-depth profile of Lystrosaurus, including this prehistoric reptile's characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

Lystrosaurus was one of the few tetrapods to survive the end-Permian mass extinction (EPME), the most catastrophic biotic crisis in Phanerozoic history. The significant increased abundance …

May 28, 2013 · One of the greatest survivors in all of Earth’s history was a humble creature named Lystrosaurus. It was a dog-sized animal whose peculiar lineage evolved about 270 …

Oct 14, 2020 · Lystrosaurus (meaning “shovel reptile”) was a small-dog-sized herbivorous stem-mammal known from the late Permian to Early Triassic, found everywhere across Pangea. It …

Lystrosaurus, a stoutly built dicynodont therapsid that ranged in maximum skull size from approximately 16–39 cm (L. murrayi and L. maccaigi from South Africa, respectively), is one of …