Prehistoric Breakdown: Diplocaulus

In the ancient swamps of the Permian era lived a creatures that barely changed for millions of years and would inspire many people millions of years after its extinction.
Today we breakdown the living Boomerang itself, Diplocaulus.
00:00 Narrative
05:48 Breakdown

[@Thundernugget]

I think since there were many different types of Diplocaulus and it was around for so long, they utilized both methods of predation

[@erichtomanek4739]

Excellent video.
I wonder if the boomerang also had electroreceptors like platypus and hammerhead sharks?

[@dagoodboy6424]

I was wonderin if a dimetrodon would show up to bite off diplo heads like that 1 fossil. I was close.

[@DareMurdok]

I think they had an ambush predator lifestyle. their shape looks like a camouflaged ambusher, could see it lying flat on the river bed maybe even covered up and then launching themselves upwards when prey swam over them

[@zoekassoff6003]

YES I LOVE THIS THING I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT THOUGH!!!

[@meajur]

Dimetrodon is not a reptile. It is a synapsid, meaning it's more closely related to mammals than to reptiles.

[@patriciamercer9960]

Have you done one on Dimetrodon, yet?

[@Dinoramascuplts-Tyrex]

Okay so dimetrodon basically confirmed that smell was a good sense. Plus we found them in a burrow? What if they used it for digging?

[@josephroberts5243]

Rhizodus in the future?

[@demariusmcghee1492]

i think it would ambush its prey at the river bed for camouflage n while the prey swam by it woulda get caught. dimetrodon but if you already did that then perhaps gorgonops

[@rairaizetsu9303]

Have you done baryonyx?

[@raptorrex3954]

Not yet, but its in the pipeline of species I will do soon.

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

Chose australopithecus next

[@MrMalvolio29]

Dear @RaptorRex: Just for future reference, when--in your *highly* speculative and imaginative introductory anecdotes, you wish to compare the size and health of *TWO* animals in a competitive display (such as that between the two Diplocaulus specimens in this fascinating video), the *grammatically proper* way to do so is to use the *comparative form* of adjectives, **NOT** the *superlative form,* which should be reserved for comparisons among three or more animals. For example, in the introductory anecdote to this video, you say “The two Diplocaulus raised their heads, to see who was the *largest* and *healthiest.*” You are comparing **ONLY TWO** Permian amphibians, so the adjectival *comparative forms* of “large” and “healthy” should have been used, eg “The two Diplocaulus raised their heads to see which was the *LARGER* and *HEALTHIER.*”
Understanding and employing proper grammatical forms and usage increases one’s credibility, and makes one’s script sound erudite, as though it had been written by a true paleontological expert.
I am really glad to see you including videos on the late-Permian and Triassic in your collection of videos. Some of the strangest animals ever to have existed lived in these Periods, and are absolutely intriguing.