Gordodon: The Oldest Specialized Herbivore

[@alioramus1637]

It's harder to digest plants compared to animal proteins. So Gordodon with it's herbivory was a milestone in Amniote evolution.

[@__-be1gk]

"Haha, I may not be able to move, but it doesn't matter! I'm inedible! I'm a genius!" "Oh no!"

[@mhdfrb9971]

To think about it, all vertebrates are originally started with carnivorous diet. So Gordodon are pretty revolutionary.

[@dinohall2595]

The human profile for scale next to Gordodon makes me imagine putting a leash on it and taking it for a walk around the block like a dog. Definitely a much safer pet than Dimetrodon.

[@alexsantimano6443]

Not to mention it's proportionately larger head and lack of barrel chest would make fitting a lead easier than it's fellow edaphosaurids

[@altanativeftw2625]

I knew Gordodon wouldn’t disappoint. Excellent video! Fun fact, Gordodon is so far the oldest animal you have done a video on. Every other one has been from the Middle Permian and later.

[@rianfelis3156]

Fascinating how sails were useful enough to be common then but are so rare in later periods.

[@somerandofilipino6957]

These animals existed before the advent of mesothermy. Sails were a crude but workable means to capture and displace heat needed to function, try viewing it as one of many unique steps taken during the grand game of trial and error called evolution.

[@HughMongusJazzhole]

It was much warmer back then. Their sails would’ve been perfect for cooling off, if I’m not mistaken

[@AifDaimon]

​@@somerandofilipino6957I mean, said sails could've also become an easily exploitable weakness over time

[@catfishcain]

Great video, keep the Carboniferous and Permian fauna coming.

[@artiefufkin88]

Great vid! I didn't know this thing even existed. Crazy to see a diastema in a creature so old!

[@mistermini1514]

I love how in-depth your videos are!

[@benwelch4076]

Why does the sail have to be one or the other, couldn't it be both a means to thermoregulate and a mating display? I'm a fan of the brightly colored versions, that would be cool if they were. Huge fan of this channel. Cheers all.

[@mlggodzilla1567]

Another great video 😎

[@invisiblejaguar1]

This sail-back body plan was clearly popular back then and I know there is a little of it today, but it's almost like a lost relic.

[@ian_b]

I want to make a TV drama series about these guys, and call it "Back Sails".

[@SPIOoner]

black sails name has ALREADY been taken

[@ian_b]

@@SPIOoner Read it again...

[@ritamillionyeara]

​@@SPIOonerBack*

[@bedlaskybedla6361]

This is really awesome animal, I never heard about it before. In a late carboniferous/early permian there was a huge boom with herbivorous animals such as edaphosaurids, diadectids or some captorhinids. Diastema is really great adaptation for Gorgodon, allowing him to coexist with other big herbivors.

[@majidskinnerkhan6960]

This is one of the coolest lizards in the world! It looks absolutely awesome 👏

[@chimerasuchus]

Technically, it isn't even a reptile. Gordodon shares a more recent common ancestor with us than with skinks or geckos.

[@majidskinnerkhan6960]

@@chimerasuchus 😊😊😊

[@heydaddy2471]

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[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

@@heydaddy2471 someone with your name shouldn't use that word derogatorily - No one should, actually. But definitely not you.

[@altanativeftw2625]

It was no lizard! It was actually a very early relative of mammals, not a reptile.

[@danthethomasfan2256]

Wow I was just thinking about you and this appears and talk about being early

[@joeshmoe8345]

Super interesting big dog, we appreciate what you do.

[@mikewilson858]

Given it’s tooth structure does anyone think it might have had cheeks? None of the art seemed to suggest it.

[@angeliquebarbey971]

Paleontological time-travelling is so fascinating!

[@anniecampbell3170]

glad to hear your voice again!!! no offense to the other narrator, but i definitely prefer your narration :))))

[@deinowolfhybridhero5101]

Nice to meet another of our "equipped with sails" siblings

[@chir0pter]

Awesome vid!

[@marcelogaea1064]

🏆🏆🏆 to the artists for exquisite illustrations

[@flightlesslord2688]

looking at the skull, all i thought is 'Omg its a rodent.'

[@papiaudile]

The content: Great and informative The voice: *squilliam fancyson*

[@HereticalKitsune]

So smol! Adorable~

[@scottyyay]

literaly my fav dino! thx for making the vid

[@sauraplay2095]

Great video!

[@andrewpaige1194]

That makes me question the sexual selection theory. Clearly there was a biological reason so many significantly sized animals, some SO distantly related(reptile/mammal, and amphibian) convergently evolved such incredibly significant huge sails simultaneously(relatively speaking), and it definitely wasn’t just “it was the style at the time”!

[@baneofbanes]

I personally think that at least for animals like Gordodon and Dimetrodon them suing the dials to wake themselves up makes the most sense.

[@Alberad08]

Had to watch this again. This docu is just fascinating and jampacked with information - I wished, I could give you a second thumb up for this, but that's not the way YT works ;-)

[@sentry5633]

gordodon doesn’t eat meat because ITS FUCKING RAW

[@jfu5222]

Nice review, this is the first time I've seen your channel, I'm your newest subscriber!

[@chimerasuchus]

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@Eliras24]

btw i'm still baffled by how could ever survive animals with dorsal sails like these. Like, you could get fatal wounds so easily there

[@Liethen]

Depends. How much blood flows through it? How quick do they clot? How high is their blood pressure? Ears can get shredded without bleeding out. I figure, even if they had lots of blood vessels in their sails the fact that they are a small low-slung and probably low metabolism creature they probably clotted wounds there way before they could lose much blood.

[@simonemerlo4849]

good work

[@willschweitzer9784]

my suggestion with regard to the sail on the thing's back was that is may have been used as an antiseptic

[@Sam-for-Dyce]

A fruit eater... before proper fruit had evolved. Just hearing that concept leaves me giddy about the processes of evolution & convergence. Thank you!

[@Alberad08]

Lo and behold - I always thought of a diastema as a unique mammalian herbivor/omnivor trade.

[@posticusmaximus1739]

Well these are stem-mammals

[@rileyernst9086]

I think they should have dropped a do and just had Gordon. That aside... I think true fruit is a bit overrated. Considerimg ginkgos, podocarps, yews, gnetales, seed ferns, cycads and bennitales, were all doing the same thing well before true fruit. For Gordodon, i can certainly see seed ferns and early cycad things being present at this time. Seed ferns have been found with both nuts and a more fig like false fruit(unless it was the false flower, in which case I'd suggest that fasle fruit and false flowers maybe good fodder)

[@rursus8354]

I wonder how they reproduced. For sure the male didn't climb up on the back of the female.

[@maozilla9149]

nice video

[@tobybudgie]

I have the mental image of someone trying to feed a gordodon some hatch green chili now

[@paleoph6168]

Looks similar to Edaphosaurus.

[@ZackThoreson]

Could the sails be a result of mimicry?

[@posticusmaximus1739]

Wow, almost 300 million years ago but this creature is more closely related to us mammals

[@rileymanders2167]

so smart

[@HassanMohamed-jy4kk]

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[@raphlvlogs271]

the Spinosaurus also convergently evolved sailed backs as well

[@Tallacus]

I love it

[@davidscott7165]

🙂

[@vassa1972]

Cool

[@dralord1307]

Yeahh! I prefer the videos you do yourself

[@alexsantimano6443]

Gotta love it's name

[@jimmartin156]

Boggles the mind trying to figure out how they mated.

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

Maybe on their sides? I can’t imagine they mounted like other animals 😅. Unless the male stood up on his hind legs and the female positioned herself while standing on all fours.

[@carliegriffin7229]

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[@orionparish9858]

Looking at the fossil... What idiot cut it into pieces like that? I'm no paleontologist, but even I can see that it was a botched job. I hope that it was truly an accident the team only realized once it was too late. But...

[@Editer38738]

reminds me of dementrodon

[@hakimzaaba7782]

So his name is Gordodon Ramsay

[@studioredband2686]

♡

[@selfiekroos1777]

I love lamp

[@skybluskyblueify]

"Di ass stema" not "dia stema" is how I was taught to say it. I wonder if both pronunciations are accepted?

[@marcinm.8037]

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[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

No lips?

[@jaisanatanrashtra7035]

😂 it evolved into Edaphosaurus later

[@theriumsino2456]

It remind me edaphosaurus

[@MisterBloo42]

I find this incredibly interesting and want to watch it but it is difficult. I am sorry it simply just hurts my ear and I'll be honest about it, I would prefer the hired narrator. I wish the best for ya I just think you may benefit from using him more however I understand it's expensive. The other option would be changing yourself though if that noise which you use is yourself I say not.

[@dinohall2595]

That's a little cruel don't you think? He can't control his voice.

[@mhdfrb9971]

Well that's your opinion

[@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz]

Let me guess... This creature is named after a palaeontologist called Gordon

[@L0LZZYT69]

The sail is bigger than the body man they got more bithes than discord mods💀

[@aquaticcatfey]

Animal from Alamogordo with big fat teeth.

[@ODJJ-77.83]

Jjjj

[@aum3.146]

Different narrator please. Distracting voice.

[@derkjh]

What a funny voice you have