USER:ABYSSAL PORTAL:PERMIAN DYK 2

... that remains of the recently described saber-toothed anomodont Tiarajudens were uncovered from a location in Brazil that was first found using Google Earth?
... that the Permian amphibian Trimerorhachis either brooded young in its mouth or ate them?
... that the Permian therocephalian Glanosuchus, an early relative of mammals, may have been warm-blooded?
... that a group of Late Permian mammal relatives called Nanictidopidae (restoration pictured) may have eaten fruit because their small teeth were unsuitable for grinding most plant material?
... that a fossil of the Middle Permian therocephalian Blattoidealestes represents the oldest record of multicuspid teeth among theriodonts, the ancestors of mammals?

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