15.And researchers have also found hair-like structures alongside therapsid bones in the coprolites -- or fossilized poop -- of late Permian carnivores.
16.For example, instead of having a row of teeth that were all the same size and shape, therapsids had teeth with different shapes for different functions.
17.Later carnivorous therapsids could even chew their prey rather than ripping off chunks of meat and swallowing them whole, like what reptiles and birds still do today.
18.These changes indicate that therapsids had a more versatile range of motion than other land vertebrates, which made them able to move faster and more energetically.
19.Along with this secondary palate, some late therapsids developed features known as nasal turbinates, which are specialized structures in the nose that help animals take in oxygen more effectively.