Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Mar 19, 2024

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."

Tanks of the triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified

Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the world before dinosaurs did. These tanks of the Triassic came in a variety of shapes and sizes before going extinct around 200 million years ago. Today, their fossils are found on every continent except Antarctica and Australia.

Phys.org
Scientific FrontlineFeb 13, 2023
The #Aetosaurs had a small head and a #crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out about 204 million years ago, at the end of the #Triassic
#Paleontology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/pal02132301.html
Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery

The Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body