Dimetrodon's name actually means "two-measure tooth," because, before it and its kin came along, most animals had rows of teeth that were basically identical.

Wherever you find dinosaurs, chances are that Dimetrodon is close by. The sail-backed creature is a staple of museum displays, boxes of sugar-saurus cookies, and sets of plastic dinosaurs, and I ...

DALLAS — Dimetrodon chowed down on sharks and amphibians like a prehistoric Pac-Man. Rather than dining on plant eaters, the reptilian carnivore ate mainly aquatic animals, chomping big bites ...

Finally, the Dimetrodon appears in the "Jurassic Park" franchise in the new dinosaur film "Jurassic World Dominion. Why did it take so long?

Dimetrodon might have walked a lot taller than this Dimetrodon , one of the most recognisable of the pre-dinosaur predators, is due a makeover. For more than a century, it has been depicted as a ...

The concentration of Dimetrodon or similar predators in dig sites around Seymour and Baylor County is unprecedented, and of interest to paleontologists.

Learn about Earth’s history with five fossils that have stories to tell Paul D. Taylor and Aaron O'Dea Though massive creatures may look like a dinosaur, the Dimetrodon lived 50 million years ...

Dimetrodon was the largest predator of its time, preying on giant amphibians nearly 300 million years ago during the Early Permian period. “They were eating basically whatever they wanted,” says ...

The Dimetrodon in ARK Survival Ascended belongs to the mammalian synapsid family that existed during the Early Permian period.

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