In Depth Teyujagua is a genus of archosauromorph reptile that lived in Brazil during the Triassic. Further Reading - An exceptional fossil skull from South America and the origins of the archosauriform radiation. - Scientific Reports. 6. - Felipe L. Pinheiro, Marco A. G. Fran�a, Marcel B. Lacerda, Richard J. Butler & Cesar L. Schultz … Read more
In Depth Orginally described as a species of Chanaresuchus, C. ischigualastensis was elevated to a genus level in 2014 and became Pseudochampsa. Pseudochampsa is a genus of proterochampsian archosauromorph, and would have been a relatively small predator mostly hunting smaller animals. Further Reading – A new proterochampsid Chanaresuchus ischigualastensis (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) in the early Late … Read more
In Depth Brachygnathosuchus is a problematic genus of crocodile because so far it is only known from a small portion of a lower jaw and possible osteoderm. A partial mandible that was moved from Dinoschus into Brachygnathosuchus was later moved again into Purussaurus. Further Reading – Brachygnathosuchus braziliensis, a new fossil crocodilian from Brazil. - … Read more
In Depth Chanaresuchus is a genus of proterochampsian archosauromorph that lived in South America during the Triassic. With known skull sizes ranging up to twenty-six centimetres in length, Chanaresuchus would had the potential to have been a moderately sized predator, but nothing near the scale of large rauisuchians such as Saurosuchus. Chanaresuchus however would have … Read more
In Depth Eohyosaurus is a little known genus of rhynchosaur that lived in South Africa during the Triassic. As a rhynchosaur, Eohyosaurus would have been a squat quadrupedal herbivore that ate low growing plants. Further Reading - A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the … Read more
In Depth There are many interesting archosaurs that lay within the Allokotosauria group, and Shringasaurus is no exception. Although the holotype skull of Shringasaurus is incomplete, it is enough to confirm that this archosaur had large horns that rose up from above the eyes and pointed forwards. Horns such as these are usually seen as … Read more
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 Langobardisaurus was a small prolacertid reptile that was very lightly built. The rear legs can be clearly seen to be much longer than the fore legs, and while a quadrupedal pose may have been more usual when resting, a bipedal stance would have been easily possible when running or rearing up searching for … Read more
In Depth When first described in 1982 Dianchungosaurus was thought to represent a small Jurassic dinosaur, and until the early years of the twenty-first century was listed as a heterodontosaurid dinosaur. In 2005 however a study by Barret and Xu discovered that the original description of Dianchungosaurus was actually based upon a fossil chimera, described … Read more
In Depth Steneosaurus is a genus of teleosaurid crocodile that lived during the late Jurassic of Europe. As a genus Steneosaurus once had a great many species attributed to the genus, but over the years this was a result of what is known as the wastebasket taxon effect This is where a genus is based … Read more