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<th><i>Casea</i>
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<p>Skelettrekonstruktion von <i>Casea</i> im <a href="Field_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Field Museum of Natural History">Field Museum of Natural History</a>.
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<td class="taxo-zeit">279,3 bis 272,3<sup id="cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maddinetal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Mya_(Zeitskala)" title="Mya (Zeitskala)">Mio. Jahre</a>
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<ul><li><a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> (<a href="USA" class="mw-redirect" title="USA">USA</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Europa" title="Europa">Europa</a></li></ul>
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<td colspan="2"><a href="Amnioten" title="Amnioten">Amnioten</a> (Amniota)
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<td colspan="2"><a href="Synapsiden" title="Synapsiden">Synapsiden</a> (Synapsida)
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<td colspan="2"><a href="Pelycosaurier" title="Pelycosaurier">Pelycosaurier</a> (Pelycosauria)
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<td class="taxo-name"><i>Casea</i>
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<td class="Person"><a href="Samuel_Wendell_Williston" title="Samuel Wendell Williston">Williston</a>, 1910<sup id="cite_ref-PBCasea_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBCasea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><i>Casea broilii</i></li>
<li><i>Casea nicholsi</i></li>
<li><i>Casea halselli</i></li>
<li><i>Casea rutena</i></li></ul>
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<p><i><b>Casea</b></i> ist eine ausgestorbene Gattung der <a href="Caseidae" title="Caseidae">Caseidae</a>. Es gilt als einer der ersten terrestrischen Herbivoren. Fossilien wurden in <a href="Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> in den <a href="USA" class="mw-redirect" title="USA">USA</a> und <a href="Europa" title="Europa">Europa</a> gefunden und werden auf das <a href="Unterperm" class="mw-redirect" title="Unterperm">Unterperm</a> datiert<sup id="cite_ref-PBCasea_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBCasea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maddinetal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. <i>Casea</i> lebte im gleichen Lebensraum anderer <a href="Synapsiden" title="Synapsiden">Synapsiden</a> wie <i><a href="Dimetrodon" title="Dimetrodon">Dimetrodon</a></i> und <i><a href="Edaphosaurus" title="Edaphosaurus">Edaphosaurus</a></i>, sowie primitiver <a href="Amphibien" title="Amphibien">Amphibien</a> wie <i><a href="Eryops" title="Eryops">Eryops</a></i>. <i>Casea</i> wurde erstmals von <a href="Samuel_Wendell_Williston" title="Samuel Wendell Williston">Samuel Wendell Williston</a> im Jahr 1910 beschrieben<sup id="cite_ref-PBCasea_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBCasea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.
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<p><i>Casea</i> erreichte eine Länge von 1,2 Metern. Der Körper war schwer und rundlich mit einem kleinen <a href="Sch%C3%A4del" title="Schädel">Schädel</a>. Sein <a href="Brustkorb" title="Brustkorb">Brustkorb</a> war deutlich vergrößert. Wie bei anderen Caseidae fehlten die Zähne im Unterkiefer, während der Oberkiefer mit elf bis zwölf stumpfen Zähnen besetzt war. Auch der Gaumen war bezahnt. Diese Anpassungen lassen vermuten, dass sich <i>Casea</i> von niedrigen Pflanzen, wie etwa Farnen, ernährte.
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<p><i>Casea</i> ist der namensgebende Vertreter der <a href="Caseidae" title="Caseidae">Caseidae</a>. Nahe Verwandte sind unter anderem vermutlich <i>Oromycter</i> und <i>Ennatosaurus</i>, ein entfernterer Verwandter war wahrscheinlich <i><a href="Cotylorhynchus" title="Cotylorhynchus">Cotylorhynchus</a></i>, der mit 6 Metern Länge die größte Gattung der Caseidae war. Das <a href="Schwestertaxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwestertaxon">Schwestertaxon</a> der Caseidae bildet die <a href="Eothyrididae" title="Eothyrididae">Eothyrididae</a> mit den einzigen Gattungen <i><a href="Eothyris" title="Eothyris">Eothyris</a></i> und <i>Oedaleops</i>; beide Familien werden zur Gruppe der <a href="Caseasauria" title="Caseasauria">Caseasauria</a> zusammengefasst. Es folgt ein Kladogramm nach Maddin et al. (2008):<sup id="cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maddinetal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>&nbsp;<i><a href="Eothyris" title="Eothyris">Eothyris</a></i> (<a href="Eothyrididae" title="Eothyrididae">Eothyrididae</a>)
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quellen">Quellen</h2></div>
<ul><li><span class="book">Palmer, D. (Hrsg.): <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals</cite>. Marshall Editions, London 1999, ISBN 1-84028-152-9, <span style="white-space:nowrap">S.<span style="display:inline-block;width:.2em">&nbsp;</span>188</span> (englisch).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:Casea&amp;rft.btitle=The+Marshall+Illustrated+Encyclopedia+of+Dinosaurs+and+Prehistoric+Animals&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.isbn=1840281529&amp;rft.pages=188&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pub=Marshall+Editions" style="display:none">&nbsp;</span></span></li>
<li>T. S. Kemp: <i>The Origin &amp; Evolution of Mammals.</i> Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-850761-5.</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-Maddinetal-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Maddinetal_1-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Maddin et al.: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stuartsumida.com/BIOL680-09/Maddinetal2008.pdf"><i>Cranial anatomy of "Ennatosaurus tecton" (Synapsida: Caseidae) from the middle permian of russia and the evolutionary relationships of Caseidae</i></a> (PDF; 3,2&nbsp;MB), 2008, S. 173.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-PBCasea-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-PBCasea_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-PBCasea_2-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-PBCasea_2-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl"><i>Casea</i> auf Paleobiology Database</a></span>
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