phytosaurus - Phytosaur Simple English Wikipedia the free dasida encyclopedia Following the endPermian extinction terrestrial vertebrate diversity recovered by the Middle Triassic and that diversity was now dominated by reptiles However those reptilian clades A latesurviving phytosaur from the northern Atlantic rift reveals Austrian Phytosaur Fossils Point to Phytosaurs in Marine Environments Look at most books that feature an illustration of the fauna of the Triassic and it is likely that squeezed into the colourful but so spurious illustration of early dinosaurs beaked rhynchosaurs and cynodonts all going about their business but effectively ignoring each other you will spot a phytosaur A ShortSnouted Middle Triassic Phytosaur and its Nature The first phytosaur species known to science was named Phytosaurus cylindricodon plant lizard with cylindrical teeth by G Jaeger in 1828 because he mistakenly believed that petrified mud fillings in the jaw were herbivore teeth The specimen is too poor to be diagnostic and this species name is no longer valid Phytosaurus meaning plant lizard is a dubious genus of extinct parasuchid phytosaur 1 found in an outcrop of the Keuper likely the Exter Formation 2 in Germany Phytosaurus was the first phytosaur to be described being done so by Georg Friedrich von Jaeger in 1828 3 The type species is P cylindricodon and a second species P cubicodon is also known An outdated reconstruction of Belodon and AetosaurusThe skull of Belodon is based on Nicrosaurus kapffi and the carapace on Paratypothorax Belodon meaning arrow tooth is a genus of phytosaur a crocodilelike reptile that lived during the TriassicIts fossils have been found in Europe and elsewhere The type species Belodon plieningeri was named by prolific German paleontologist Phytosaur skull Rutiodon Phytosaurs are an king111 extinct group of large semiaquatic Upper Triassic archosaurs Phytosaurs were longsnouted and heavily armoured bearing a remarkable resemblance to modern crocodiles in size appearance and lifestyle 1 This is an example of convergence or parallel evolution The name phytosaur means plant reptile the first fossils of phytosaurs were Learn about the history and controversy of phytosaurs ancient reptiles that were once thought to be planteaters based on misinterpreted fossils Discover their features diversity and extinction with illustrations and sources The origins of all major living reptile clades including the one leading to birds lie in the Triassic Following the largest mass extinction in Earths history at the end of the Permian the earliest definite members of the three major living reptile clades the turtles Testudines crocodylians and birds Archosauria and lizards snakes amphisbaenians and Tuatara Lepidosauria appeared phytosaur heavily armoured semiaquatic reptiles found as fossils from the Late Triassic Period about 229 million to 200 million years ago Phytosaurs were not dinosaurs rather both groups were archosaurs a larger grouping that also includes crocodiles and pterosaurs flying reptiles Phytosaurs were able to move about easily on land and although they were not ancestral to the Phytosaur Fossils Point to Phytosaurs in Marine Environments The first phytosaur species known to science was named Phytosaurus cylindricodon plant lizard with cylindrical teeth by G Jaeger in 1828 because he mistakenly believed that petrified mud fillings in the jaw were herbivore teeth The specimen is too poor to be diagnostic and this species name is no longer valid Phytosaur Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia Phytosaur Wikipedia Phytosaurs The flesheating plant saurians National Geographic Phytosaurus Wikipedia Phytosaur Triassic Carnivore syair mabruk alfa mabruk Aquatic Britannica Belodon Wikipedia
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