What is lisowicia bojani?

Lisowicia bojani is an extinct species of synapsid, a group of animals that includes mammals and their extinct relatives. It lived during the Late Triassic period, approximately 210 million years ago, in what is now Poland.

Lisowicia bojani was a herbivorous animal and was one of the largest known non-dinosaurian land animals of its time, with an estimated weight of about 9 tons and a length of up to 4.5 meters. It had a massive and robust body, a long neck, and a small head with a beak-like mouth.

The discovery of Lisowicia bojani challenges the current understanding of the evolution of mammals and their closest relatives, as it suggests that large-bodied herbivorous animals like this existed much earlier than previously thought. It also suggests that the rise of dinosaurs may not have been the driving force behind the evolution of large-bodied herbivorous animals.