Aetobarbakinoides

Name: Aetobarbakinoides ‭(‬long legged form‭?)‬.
Phonetic: Ay-toe-bar-bak-in-oy-deez.
Named By: Julia B.‭ ‬Desojo,‭ ‬Martin D.‭ ‬Ezcurra‭ & ‬Edio E.‭ ‬Kischlat -‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Aetosauria,‭ ‬Stagonolepididae.
Species: A.‭ ‬brasiliensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Estimated to be about‭ ‬2‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Santa Maria Formation,‭ ‬Alemoa Member.
Time period: Carnian to Norian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton that was partially articulated.




       Aetobarbakinoides is considered to be one of the oldest aetosaurs currently known to us.‭ ‬Only Aetosauroides from Argentina and Stagonolepis from Scotland can match Aetobarbakinoides for age,‭ ‬but together they show that even in the earliest known appearances of aetosaurs,‭ ‬they were already widespread across what would become South America and Europe.
       Aetobarbakinoides is the first aetosaur that has been named from a description focused upon something else other than the appearance of the osteoderm armour.‭ ‬Instead of the armour,‭ ‬the description of Aetobarbakinoides was based upon the appearance of the vertebrae.‭ ‬Although the vertebrae of Aetobarbakinoides are noted to bear similarities with the vertebrae of Desmatosuchus,‭ ‬they are still very different to any other currently known aetosaur.
       In life Aetobarbakinoides would have been like other aetosaurs in that it would have been a squat quadrupedal reptile that was protected from the teeth of predators by an arrangement of osteoderm armour across the back.‭ ‬Although the skull of Aetobarbakinoides is unknown at the time of writing,‭ ‬other aeotsaurs are known to have been herbivorous without any exceptions known so far,‭ ‬so by association Aetobarbakinoides probably had a herbivorous diet.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new aetosaur genus‭ (‬Archosauria:‭ ‬Pseudosuchia‭) ‬from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Desojo,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Ezcurra‭ & ‬E.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Kischlat - ‬2012.



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