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A pic of one of the most impressive land-predators that lived before the dinosaurs appeared: The Gorgonopsids

This strange reptiles were actually closely related to mammals and were the first predators to sport saber teeth.

The Gorgonopsids lived from the mid to late Permian (270 - 250 million years ago) in what is now Africa and Russia and varied from 30 cm long dwarfs to 5 meter long super predators. The larger species mostly fed on large herbivores such as Scutosaurus.

Even though the Gorgonopsids only got to be well-known to the common public a few years ago with their appearances in Walking with Monsters and Primeval, that doesn't make them any less impressive then the better known T-Rex, Raptors or sabertoothed cats

I hope you guys like this pic ^___^

Description
A pic of one of the most impressive land-predators that lived before the dinosaurs appeared: The Gorgonopsids

This strange reptiles were actually closely related to mammals and were the first predators to sport saber teeth.

The Gorgonopsids lived from the mid to late Permian (270 - 250 million years ago) in what is now Africa and Russia and varied from 30 cm long dwarfs to 5 meter long super predators. The larger species mostly fed on large herbivores such as Scutosaurus.

Even though the Gorgonopsids only got to be well-known to the common public a few years ago with their appearances in Walking with Monsters and Primeval, that doesn't make them any less impressive then the better known T-Rex, Raptors or sabertoothed cats

I hope you guys like this pic ^___^