Dimetrodons. The Kelly Slater of the dinosaur world. One angry, over‐sized Gila Monster with a penchant for thermoregulatory dorsal accessories.
Guardian of Justice
An affiliate member of the Pelycosaur Windsurfing League, Dimetrodon has won a record 14 PWL premierships as well as seven Permian Period cups, second only to Titanophoneus. It's favoured position is fullback but can also deputise as a mean attacking winger.
Pelycosaur Windsurfing League Premiership winners:
Pelycosaur Windsurfing League Premiership winners:
- Dimetrodon (14)
- Edaphosaurus (9)
- Ianthasaurus (6)
- Sphenacodon (2)
Vital statistics, glamour shot
In popular culture, Dimetrodon was cast as an aggressive, fire breathing carnivourous menace that chased redheads on beaches and ruined perfectly innocent raft-building exercises.
Such depictions were the result of propaganda stemming from conflicts during the Paleozoic period in which little critters would attempt to hitch a ride on the hip and happening Dimetrodon (Dimitri to his associates) only to be denied by the rather obvious appendage running the length of its spine.
As a result, films and theatre to this day, eons from its own era, undermine Dimetrodon's great legacy as an icon and pioneer of its age.
What may be closer to the truth was Dimetrodon was an amalgamation of many youth and anti-establishment subcultures - fighting against planet earth's oppressive heat regime, the symbolic 'punk' sail allowed Dimetrodon and his kin to expel heat from his body (the mere mention of which made the aristocratic lizards of his age quiver with prudish disdain) and left him all rather 'cool' as a result.
Such depictions were the result of propaganda stemming from conflicts during the Paleozoic period in which little critters would attempt to hitch a ride on the hip and happening Dimetrodon (Dimitri to his associates) only to be denied by the rather obvious appendage running the length of its spine.
As a result, films and theatre to this day, eons from its own era, undermine Dimetrodon's great legacy as an icon and pioneer of its age.
What may be closer to the truth was Dimetrodon was an amalgamation of many youth and anti-establishment subcultures - fighting against planet earth's oppressive heat regime, the symbolic 'punk' sail allowed Dimetrodon and his kin to expel heat from his body (the mere mention of which made the aristocratic lizards of his age quiver with prudish disdain) and left him all rather 'cool' as a result.
A proud, take-it-to-the-man race
Dimetrodons were also distantly related to the first mammals in that despite it's impressive array of rip-snorting teeth (see above), it had developed some dental quirks allowing it to CHEW it's food. It's run with the cold-blooded establishment knew no bounds.
Dimetrodons are also credited with being the planet's first recognised tattoo artists.
Run into near-extinction, very few Dimetrodons exist in the modern age. Rumours abound that one sings in a sort-of-famous band, but this cannot be verified.
Dimetrodons are also credited with being the planet's first recognised tattoo artists.
Run into near-extinction, very few Dimetrodons exist in the modern age. Rumours abound that one sings in a sort-of-famous band, but this cannot be verified.
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