Pelycosaurs

Yes, once again Matt attempts to convince people that World of Warcraft needs more strange prehistoric animals to populate Azeroth.

Because giant lizard-cats four meters long with saber teeth are awesome, that's why. Inostrancevia was the largest of the gorgonopsids, a suborder of the theriodonts -- the order that included our own direct ancestors and thus, ultimately, us, and one that really deserves a lot more attention in video games.

Amazingly, my inner paleontology nerd gets excited about things that aren't dinosaurs.