Caseoides

Taxobox
name = Caseoides
fossil_range = late Early Permian (Kungurian Age)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Synapsida
ordo = Pelycosauria
subordo = Caseasauria
familia = Caseidae
genus = Caseoides
subdivision_ranks = Species
binomial = "Caseoides sanangelensis"
binomial_authority = Olson and Berrbower, 1953

"Caseoides" was a large pelycosaur synapsid that lived in the Kungurian Age (late Early Permian epoch). It was about 3 meters long, and like many other caseids, it was herbivorous. It weighed between 150 kg to 200 kg. Its fossils were found on Texas. "Caseoides" was very similar to "Casea", but was slightly larger in size. "Caseoides" was heavily built creature, as most of Caseids (except "Caseopsis"). In the development of its proportionally thick, stout limbs it represents the culmination of the "Casea" lineage. Its relatives became smaller in size during the Roadian Age (after Kungurian).

Related Genera

* "Caseopsis" - a relative of "Caseoides", they lived side-by-side in Texas, but "Caseopsis" was lightly built, unlike "Caseoides"
* "Casea" - another relative, only smaller in size, but "Casoides" and "Casea" were very similar in body shape