Paleozoic Earth - Moschops on the rocks

Location South Africa 250 million years ago Mean atmospheric O₂ 80% of modern level Mean atmospheric CO₂ 6x pre-industrial level Mean temperature 3°C above modern level		Geologic Time Scale Era: Mesozoic Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Age: Induan

	Moschops on the rocks Two giant therapsids from the genus Moschops face off on a sandstone mesa 250 million years ago in what is today the Karoo region of South Africa. Moschops was not a dinosaur, rather it was a mammal-like reptile that, like Dimetrodon, was more closely related to mammals than to true reptiles such as lizards. Moschops was a heavily-built, 4-legged herbivore that grew up to 16 feet long.