Two giant Moschops face off on a sandstone mesa 250 million

Two giant Moschops face off on a sandstone mesa 250 million years ago in what is today the Karoo region of South Africa. Moschops was not a dinosaur, rather it was a mammal-like reptile that, like Dimetrodon, was more closely related to mammals than to true reptiles such as lizards. Moschops was a heavily-built, 4-legged herbivore that grew up to 16 feet long

Defending Elevated Elevation Erosion Hoofed Mesa Moschops Outcrop Paleozoic Permian Rival Sandstone Sedimentary Synapsid Therapsid Threat Topography

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