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Ulemosaurus
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| Ulemosaurus svijagensis Rjabinin, 1938 |
Ulemosaurus svijagensis was a dinocephalian synapsid related distantly to Estemenosuchids but lived 250 MYA, that is 5 million years later than Estemenosuchus. at Isheevo in Russian Tatarstan.
Only several partial skeletons and skulls have been found. The skull bone is extremely dense: about 10 cm at its thickest. The species is considered a herbivore. But because the mandible is heavily constructed some palaeontologists consider it a carnivore, with the species being able to use muscle power to cut prey up with its incisors.
- Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas H. Rich, The Great Russian Dinosaurs, Guntar Graphics, 1993, p. 35. ISBN 0-7326-0503-2