Archovember Day 11: Macrospondylus bollensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Macrospondylus #Crocodylomorpha

#NewResearch Sheds Light on Enigmatic #Jurassic #Crocodile Relatives
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/macrospondylus-bollensis-12362.html

Evaluating growth in #Macrospondylus bollensis (#Crocodylomorpha, Teleosauroidea) in the Toarcian Posidonia Shale, Germany https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/spp2.1529

"juvenile, subadult and adult individuals show nearly equal growth in many areas of the body... We call this isometric growth, which is unusual in #vertebrates.”