#temnovember2024 day 25: Trucheosaurus
Day 25 of #temnovember and its time for an odd one, #Trucheosaurus, a basal #Rhytidosteid from the late #permian of Australia, notable for been one the only permian member of its family as well as one of the oldest deribed #stereospondyls
Day 25 of #temnovember and its time for an odd one, #Trucheosaurus, a basal #Rhytidosteid from the late #permian of Australia, notable for been one the only permian member of its family as well as one of the oldest deribed #stereospondyls
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
#temnovember2024 day 25: Trucheosaurus
Day 25 of #temnovember and its time for an odd one, #Trucheosaurus, a basal #Rhytidosteid from the late #permian of Australia, notable for been one the only permian member of its family as well as one of the oldest deribed #stereospondyls
Day 25 of #temnovember and its time for an odd one, #Trucheosaurus, a basal #Rhytidosteid from the late #permian of Australia, notable for been one the only permian member of its family as well as one of the oldest deribed #stereospondyls
To point out a few: There is a Permian apex predator - Trucheosaurus major, a roughly 1m long temnospondyl. Wakaleo alcootaensis is from the Neogene (late Neogene at that). The Pliocene mekosuchine Paludirex vincenti, was certainly a more massive and dangerous predator than Liasis dubudingala. 2/n
September 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
To point out a few: There is a Permian apex predator - Trucheosaurus major, a roughly 1m long temnospondyl. Wakaleo alcootaensis is from the Neogene (late Neogene at that). The Pliocene mekosuchine Paludirex vincenti, was certainly a more massive and dangerous predator than Liasis dubudingala. 2/n