Diplocaulus

Diplocaulus is a species of marine reptile that first lived in the late permian era that was rediscovered in the Prehistory Palego. It is an amphibious hybrid that has a flat face and also has a wide jaw used for grabbing fish sideways similarly to most large predators. Diplocaulus are rather annoying during their hunts because they tend to grab people studying the gold streaks in the rivers they hide in. They feast upon anything they can but retreat whenever they are outmatched. as a Sneak class creature(Subclass:Grappler), Diplocaulus reach lengths of 3 feet. during wars they leap from streams to do a spin before grabbing a human limb and performing an awkward version of the death roll to tear it off.

## Biology

*Diplocaulus* had a stocky, salamander-like body, but was relatively large, reaching up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Although a complete tail is unknown for the genus, a nearly complete articulated skeleton described in 1917 preserved a row of tail vertebrae near the head. This was construed as circumstantial evidence for a long, thin tail capable of reaching the head if the animal was curled up. Most studies since this discovery have argued that anguiliform (eel-like) tail movement was the main force of locomotion utilized by *Diplocaulus* and its relatives.

The most distinctive features of this genus and its closest relatives were a pair of long protrusions or horns at the rear of the skull, giving the head a boomerang-like shape. Most of the outer/front edge of each horn was formed by the elongated, blade-like squamosal bone. The rear edge of the skull and horns, on the other hand, was formed by the postparietal bones, also known as dermosupraoccipitals in older publications. However, the primary component of each horn (including the tips) is a long bone with a historically controversial identification. Many early sources considered the bone to be a tabular, which in other early tetrapods is a small bone lying at the rear edge of the skull. However, Olson (1951) doubted this, arguing that the bone's contact with the parietals excluded the possibility of it being a tabular. He argued that the bone was the supratemporal bone, which had enlarged and shifted towards the rear tip of the skull. Beerbower (1963) countered Olson's reasoning by pointing out that *Urocordylus*, a newt-like relative of *Diplocaulus*, retained both a supratemporal bone and a tabular bone. In *Urocordylus*, the tabular lies closer to the back of the skull and even contacts the parietals, invalidating Olson's main point. Based on this observation, it is more likely that the primary bone of the horns in *Diplocaulus* is a tabular. Many studies (even a later publication by Olson) now refer to *Diplocaulus* horns as tabular horns based on Beerbower's argument.

## Moveset

Moves: Bite, River fang, Astonish, Pursuit, Iron head, Crunch, Death roll, Shred, Ice fang, Thunder wave, Scary face, Outrage.

## Discovery

Discovered in 3091, It was one of the more hostile life forms in the permian section of the Prehistory Palego. it caught a human's camera and wouldn't let go causing some trouble.

## Trivia

Diplocaulus is one of the first amphibian ancestors directly photographed that wasn't a caiman.