**game: Carnivores 1 / 2** The Dimetrodon is a synapsid and an ambient animal in Carnivores 2 and Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter that wanders around the map eating insects and carrion. They are not a threat and can be killed in one shot from any weapon other than the pistol, which requires two shots to bring down. In Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter, the Dimetrodon's skin color was changed for unknown reasons. However, it is thought that it has to do with the visual appeal of the original skin not being up to par. The Dimetrodon had its old skin color restored in a recent update to the game. Unlike other ambient animals, Dimetrodon needs to be shot twice by a pistol to kill it. **reality** Dimetrodon ("two-measure tooth") is an extinct genus of sphenacodontid pelycosaur synapsids whose species lived in North America and Europe during the Early Permian between 295 and 272 million years ago.