Caseopsis is an extinct genus of large pelycosaurs that was about 3 metres (10 ft) long. Caseopsis lived in the late Early Permian epoch (Kungurian Age), before the pelycosaurs were replaced by the more advanced therapsids (in the next age). It was a lightly built, agile creature. It may have been possible for this species to outpace and escape large predators such as Dimetrodon.
Extinct genus of synapsids
Caseopsis
Key facts
instance ofmonotypic fossil taxon
taxon nameCaseopsis
taxon rankgenus
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