Matt WillemsenJun 7, 2024
Enigmatic Triassic Thalattosaur Was Able to Move on Land, Paleontologists Say
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pachystropheus-rhaeticus-12995.html #paleontology #SeaLizards #thalattosaur #europe
Enigmatic Triassic Thalattosaur Was Able to Move on Land, Paleontologists Say | Sci.News

Pachystropheus rhaeticus was able to move on land, but was most likely a primarily marine predator with an ecological niche distinct from coeval marine reptiles and carnivorous fishes.

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ManospondylusApr 16, 2023

A marine phytosaur and a derived thalattosaur swimming together through Early Jurassic waters.

These are speculative creatures inspired by a pasage from @TetZoo’s new book Ancient Sea Reptiles. Learn more about them here: https://www.manospondylus.com/2023/04/speculative-marine-reptiles-i.html?m=1

#marinereptile #MarineReptiles #phytosaur #thalattosaur #fossil #fossils #paleontology #paleoart #MastoArt #art #stippling #stipplingart #SpeculativeEvolution #crocodile

Speculative Marine Reptiles I

Click to enlarge The Triassic was full of all kinds of strange and wonderful reptiles, most of which unfortunately went exitinct at the end ...

Massimo LucianiSep 2, 2020
#paleontology An article published in the journal "Science" reports the study of the #fossil remains of an #ichthyosaur whose almost complete skeleton includes some sort of extras in the form of the fossil remains of another reptile, a #thalattosaur of the species Xinpusaurus xingyiensis, in its stomach.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2020/09/02/fossils-of-an-ichthyosaur-that-had-just-devoured-a-thalattosaur-discovered
Fossils of an ichthyosaur that had just devoured a thalattosaur discovered

An article published in the journal 'Science' reports the study of the fossil remains of an ichthyosaur whose almost complete skeleton includes some sort of...

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