Alveusdectes

In Depth        Alveusdectes is an important discovery as it represents one of the last surviving diadectimorphs to live.‭ ‬Diadectomorphs‭ (‬those like Diadectes‭) ‬were reptilomorphs that rose to prominence during the Carboniferous,‭ ‬but they were eventually replaced by therapsids and true reptiles.‭ ‬What the discovery of Alveusdectes tells us is that while their numbers declined during … Read more