Diadectes

Diadectes; Temporal range: Artinskian-Kungurian
	Mounted skeleton of D. sideropelicus, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Diadectomorpha
Family:	†Diadectidae
Genus:	†Diadectes; Cope, 1878
Type species
	†Diadectes sideropelicus; Cope, 1878
Species
	†D. lentus (Marsh, 1878); ; †D. sideropelicus Cope, 1878; †D. tenuitectus Cope, 1896; †D. carinatus (Case & Williston, 1912); †D. absitus Berman et al., 1998; †D. sanmiguelensis Lewis and Vaughn, 1965;
Synonyms
	Nothodon Marsh, 1878; ; Empedocles Cope, 1878; Helodectes Cope, 1880; Empedias Cope, 1883; Chilonyx Cope, 1883; Bolbodon Cope, 1896; Diadectoides Case, 1911; Animasaurus Case & Williston, 1912; Silvadectes? Kissel, 2010; Oradectes? Kissel, 2010;

Diadectes (meaning crosswise-biter) is an extinct genus of large reptiliomorphs or synapsids that lived during the early Permian period (Artinskian-Kungurian stages of the Cisuralian epoch, between 290 and 272 million years ago). Diadectes was one of the first herbivorous tetrapods, and also one of the first fully terrestrial vertebrates to attain large size.

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