Dicynodon and Late Permian Pangea

摘要

Dicynodon is a Late Permian therapsid reptile whose fossils occur in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Scotland, Russia, China and Laos. Functional analysis indicates that Dicynodon was a terrestrial herbivore that lacked any aquatic capabilities. The distribution of Dicynodon is most easily understood by dispersal during the Late Permian across dry land routes. This implies land connections of the North China and Indochina microplates to the Pangean supercontinent.