In this time period, the first reptile were formed. Here are 3 reptiles that are from this time period. They are: an Anthracosaur, an Ophiacodon and the Carbfor.
The Anthracosauris an amphibian. They are the ancestors of reptiles. They lived in a habitat of swamps. They are aquatic animals who are also hunters for food. They had 2 rows of teeth. Their skull was 40 cm long and their bodies 3 meters long.
The Ophiacodon is about 10 feet long and 50-100 pounds. There diet was fish and small animals long, narrow head. They are one of the largest land animals of the late Carboniferous period, the hundred-pound Ophiacodon may have been the apex predator its day, feeding opportunistically on fish, insects, and small reptiles and amphibians. This pelycosaur's legs were a bit less stumpy and splayed than those of its closest relative Archaeothyris, and its jaws were relatively massive, so it would have had little difficulty chasing down and eating its prey.
the Carbfor was found in late Carboniferous deposits from Kansas, is one of the earliest known reptiles. Significant adaptive radiation of reptiles, like the conifers, was delayed until the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic extinction.
The Anthracosauris an amphibian. They are the ancestors of reptiles. They lived in a habitat of swamps. They are aquatic animals who are also hunters for food. They had 2 rows of teeth. Their skull was 40 cm long and their bodies 3 meters long.
The Ophiacodon is about 10 feet long and 50-100 pounds. There diet was fish and small animals long, narrow head. They are one of the largest land animals of the late Carboniferous period, the hundred-pound Ophiacodon may have been the apex predator its day, feeding opportunistically on fish, insects, and small reptiles and amphibians. This pelycosaur's legs were a bit less stumpy and splayed than those of its closest relative Archaeothyris, and its jaws were relatively massive, so it would have had little difficulty chasing down and eating its prey.
the Carbfor was found in late Carboniferous deposits from Kansas, is one of the earliest known reptiles. Significant adaptive radiation of reptiles, like the conifers, was delayed until the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic extinction.
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