In Depth Youngosuchus was first described in 1973 by C. C. Young as a species of the genus Vjushkovia, V. sinensis. In 1985 however a re-description by Kalandadze & A. G. Sennikov saw the species described as a distinct genus, Youngosuchus. Since then there has been some uncertainty as to what kind of archosauromorph Youngosuchus … Read more
In Depth A significantly larger relative to the more famous Euparkeria, Vjushkovia was a mid-sized Triassic aged archosauromorph that hunted in ecosystems in what is now Russia. One former species of Vjushkovia named V. sinensia has now been renamed as Youngosuchus. Further Reading - Ein grosser Pseudosuchier aus der Orenburger Trias [A large pseudosuchian … Read more
In Depth Often misidentified as an early dinosaur, Euparkeria is still sometimes hailed as the ancestor to dinosaurs. However this is a slight misnomer because while Euparkeria represents the form that the dinosaurs probably evolved from, there is no evidence to suggest that Euparkeria itself was ‘the’ ancestor. Euparkeria itself is placed within the Archosauromorpha, … Read more