Edaphosaurus was a herbivorous synapsid from the early Permian. It was preyed on by carnivorous synapsids like dimetrodon. It was around the size of a hippo, making it among the megafauna, but it was an easy target for predators. It was outcompeted by newer carnivores during the late Permian.
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