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Scutarx, a new aetosaur from New Mexico

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    Linnaeus
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    Many people would disagree with me, but I find Scutarx very cute.

    A pleasant vegetarian, who did no harm to anyone. Considering his stance...the hind legs higher than the front ones...I'd say that his ancestors would have been bipedal.

    Have we any evidence for the forebears of the aetosaurs?


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    Adam Khor
    Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Their ancestors have yet to be identified but they would've been something similar to Revueltosaurus or Turfanosaurus

    Revueltosaurus-flesh-and-bone.jpg


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    Linnaeus
    Registered Users Posts: 218 ✭✭Linnaeus


    What's the name of the charming, pudgy little fellow munching on a plant? Is that Revueltosaurus or Turfanosaurus?

    I suspect that, ancestral to these creatures, there was a lighter-weight biped. Do you know of any possible candidates for this role?


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    Adam Khor
    Registered Users Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭Adam Khor


    That would be Revueltosaurus.

    I'd say their ancestors were probably similar to Euparkeria which is thought to have been a facultative biped.

    euparkeria-skeleton-and-silhouette.png


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