S7:E5 – “The Coltons”

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: October 14th, 1991 — MacGyver cameos briefly in a case handled entirely by the bounty hunting Colton family. MISSION: Jesse, Frank, Billy, Mama Colton, and Frog Dog are on the case when a series of gang killings threaten the life of a young woman. This week’s highlights include: Dimetrodon (Dinosaur) Dimetrodon (meaning “two measures of teeth”) is an extinct genus of synapsid that lived during the Early Permian period, around 295–272 million years ago (Ma). It is a member of the family Sphenacodontidae. The most prominent feature of Dimetrodon is the large sail on its back formed by elongated spines extending from the vertebrae. It walked on four legs and had a tall, curved skull with large teeth of different sizes set along the jaws. Most fossils have been found in the southwestern United States, the majority coming from a geological deposit called the Red Beds in Texas and Oklahoma. More recently, fossils have been found in Germany. Over a dozen species have been named since the genus was first described in 1878. Check out the article on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimetrodon. Watch S7E5: “The Coltons” on CBS’s website or check the alternative streamability of this episode here.