there's a late Triassic aetosaur named Typothorax, because, as everyone knows, Thor uses a hammer, not an ax.

#aetosaur
#typo
#thor
#ax
#fossils

Tanks of the triassic: New aetosaur identified https://phys.org/news/2024-03-tanks-triassic-crocodile-ancestor.html

#Garzapelta muelleri, a new #aetosaur from the Late #Triassic middle Cooper Canyon Formation, USA, and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of the aetosaurian dorsal carapace https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25379

"#aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern #crocodiles, ruled the world before #dinosaurs did. They came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 200 million years ago."

New Aetosaur Species Unearthed in Texas https://www.sci.news/paleontology/garzapelta-muelleri-12617.html

#Garzapelta muelleri gen. et sp. nov., a new #aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late #Triassic... and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of the aetosaurian dorsal carapace https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25379

"#Aetosauria is a group of quadrupedal, armored #reptiles whose terrestrial #ecology is inferred as including both #herbivory and #omnivory"

A #Peteinosaurus shows off atop a Williamsonia on the edge of a small, overgrown cliff, unaware of the #Procompsognathus climbing up to try and sneak up on him. On a lower cliff, a #Paratypothorax visits her favourite stream to have a drink.

I got the idea for this one while hiking in Switzerland - coming across landscapes like this, it was easy to imagine pterosaurs atop the cliffs!

#paleoart #Triassic #MyArt #pterosaur #dinosaur #aetosaur