Helveticosaurus

In Depth        For a long time Helveticosaurus was thought to be one of the placodonts,‭ ‬specialist marine reptiles that lived in the Triassic seas‭ ‬that fed upon shellfish.‭ ‬However further analysis has revealed that only the vertebra of Helveticosaurus are similar to the placodonts,‭ ‬which has led to Helveticosaurus being re-classed as a diapsid‭ (‬two … Read more