dinyytrus
Dinyytrus is a genus of dicynodont therapsids that lived during the Late Permian epoch of the Pangaea supercontinent. Based on several cranial and postcranial fragments, it is interpreted as a medium-sized herbivore with a compact skull, a broad keratinous beak, and prominent tusk-like canines set in the upper jaw. The arrangement suggests a beaked, tusked feeding mechanism typical of dicynodonts, adapted to cropping low-lying vegetation.
The fossils attributed to Dinyytrus have been recovered from fluvial sedimentary formations in what is now
Dinyytrus probably inhabited subtropical to warm temperate wetlands and river margins, where seasonal rains created troughs
The genus is considered relevant for studies of dicynodont evolution and paleoecology, illustrating how beaked herbivores