Cyamodus

In Depth        As dedicated eaters of shellfish,‭ ‬the placodonts had no need to grow big and were soon outsized by other marine reptiles such as the nothosaurs.‭ ‬As such placodonts like Cyamodus developed turtle-like shells to try and make themselves too tough for other marine reptiles to eat.‭ ‬Cyamodus itself had two shells,‭ ‬the first … Read more