#aetosaurs

Dr Mateusz Tałanda presents his research on the early development of #aetosaurs (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) - a key to their success in the Late #Triassic ecosystems at #2025SVP

#Aetosaurs were crocodile-line archosaurs 🐊 that lived during the Late Triassic. They were widespread, being found across North & South America, Europe, India, and Africa. (This particular #fossil was unearthed in New Mexico 🇺🇸). They are unusual, encompassing a mix of herbivores & omnivores.

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Illustration of three species of aetosaurs. Top: Aetosaurus ferratus, middle: Scutarx deltatylus and bottom: Desmatosuchus spuriensis

Reconstruction of two species of Aetosaurs. Top: Typothorax coccinarum. Bottom: Paratypothorax andressorum

Why is my book taking so long to finish? Well, one of many reasons are Aetosaurs! They are very complicated to reconstruct AND my book has a lot of them! 😅 But Aetosaurs are awesome!

Aetosaurs are pseudosuchians, and thus related to modern crocodilians

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Caption on picture: "A spectacular find from Stuttgart: 22 aetosaurs lying close together (Upper Triassic). Credit: SMNS, E. Mujal"

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22 #aetosaurs lying close together (Upper #Triassic)

From: phys.org/news/2025-03...