Diplocaulus magnicornis Stegodon This marine reptile is characterized

This marine reptile is characterized by an unusual combination of a relatively long neck and a proportionally large head

during the Early Cretaceous Period (about 125 million years ago)

albeit indirect and occasional

Mammals related to modern elephants but with very specific craniodental adaptations

Diplocaulus magnicornis Stegodon This marine reptile is characterizedDiplocaulus magnicornis was a unique lepospondyl amphibian that lived during the Early Permian , about 270 million years ago, in what is now North America. Its most striking feature was the shape of its skull: wide and flattened, with boomerang shaped lateral projections that gave it a unique and easily recognizable appearance. Skull and horns The skull of Diplocaulus could have been over 50 centimeters wide , being much wider than it was long. The