Edaphosaurus
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Edaphosaurus was a large, sail-backed, herbivorous synapsid from the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian period, notable for its distinctive spiny neural sail and importance in early amniote evolution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edaphosaurus canonical | 2 |
| Edaphosaurus pogonias | 1 |
| Pelycosaurs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7748074 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edaphosaurus Context triple: [Edward Drinker Cope, describedTaxa, Edaphosaurus]
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A.
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon is an extinct sail-backed synapsid from the Early Permian period, often mistaken for a dinosaur but more closely related to mammals.
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B.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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C.
Futalognkosaurus
Futalognkosaurus is a gigantic Late Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from Patagonia, known from exceptionally complete fossil remains that make it one of the best-understood giant dinosaurs.
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D.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edaphosaurus Target entity description: Edaphosaurus was a large, sail-backed, herbivorous synapsid from the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian period, notable for its distinctive spiny neural sail and importance in early amniote evolution.
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A.
Dimetrodon
Dimetrodon is an extinct sail-backed synapsid from the Early Permian period, often mistaken for a dinosaur but more closely related to mammals.
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B.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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C.
Futalognkosaurus
Futalognkosaurus is a gigantic Late Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from Patagonia, known from exceptionally complete fossil remains that make it one of the best-understood giant dinosaurs.
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D.
Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a large, long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of North America.
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E.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct genus of synapsids
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herbivorous synapsid ⓘ pelycosaur-grade synapsid ⓘ |
| clade | Synapsida ⓘ |
| diet | herbivorous ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | large terrestrial herbivore ⓘ |
| environment |
coal swamp margins
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lowland floodplains ⓘ |
| estimatedLength | approximately 3 to 3.5 meters ⓘ |
| estimatedMass | approximately 100 to 300 kilograms ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| family | Edaphosauridae ⓘ |
| fossilDistribution |
Europe
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North America ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation |
European Permian deposits
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Ohio coal measures ⓘ Texas red beds ⓘ
linked to:
Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma
|
| jawAdaptation | adapted for processing fibrous plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| livedDuring |
Cisuralian epoch
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisuralian Epoch
Pennsylvanian subperiod ⓘ
linked to:
Carboniferous period
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| locomotion | quadrupedal ⓘ |
| namedBy | Edward Drinker Cope ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
barrel-shaped body
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crossbars on neural spines ⓘ elongate neural spines ⓘ robust limbs ⓘ short, deep skull ⓘ tall dorsal sail ⓘ |
| order | Pelycosauria ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Dimetrodon ⓘ |
| reproduction | amniote egg-laying ⓘ |
| sailFunctionHypothesis |
display
ⓘ
species recognition ⓘ thermoregulation ⓘ |
| sailStructure | neural spines with lateral tubercles ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith | sail-backed synapsids ⓘ |
| significance |
important for understanding early amniote evolution
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one of the earliest large terrestrial herbivores ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
Early Permian
ⓘ
linked to:
Lower Permian Series
Late Carboniferous ⓘ |
| toothMorphology |
peg-like teeth
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tooth plates for grinding plant material ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Edaphosaurus pogonias
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linked to:
Edaphosaurus
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| yearDescribed | 1882 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edaphosaurus Description of subject: Edaphosaurus was a large, sail-backed, herbivorous synapsid from the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian period, notable for its distinctive spiny neural sail and importance in early amniote evolution.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edaphosaurus
linked to: Edaphosaurus