Which of the following is not true about early synapsids? pelycosaurs resemble lizards, but they are not closely related Most therapsids disappeared at the end of the Permian period early non mammalian synapsids can be divided into pelycosaurs and diapsids Dimetrodon fossils, a synapsid, have been found in deposits from Texas and Oklahoma
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Pelycosaurs resemble lizards, but they are not closely related: This statement is true. Pelycosaurs were early synapsids that had a superficial resemblance to lizards, but they were not closely related to them. Show more…
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