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Shringasaurus may look like a dinosaur, but it wasn’t at all! It belonged to a group of reptiles known as the Allokotosaurs, which lived around the Triassic.

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2020-06-10

Allokotosauria is a diverse group of archosauromorphs that existed exclusively during the Triassic and includes the clades Azendohsauridae, Trilophosauria and Kuehneosauridae (Pritchard and Nesbitt, 2017). Many had beaks, others horns and some were able to glide

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2020-04-01

On to Teraterpeton itself. The elongated skull is the most eye-catching feature, esp compared to its relatives. Interestingly, the big hole in the snout was likely an external narial fenestra. Thus, the nostrils were much farther back than in others.

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2019-03-10

I looked at living snakes for the coloration, just to mix things up. Trying to bring some variety to this series, although I had something more striking in my head. Might have to go crazy with Malerisaurus & Teraterpeton...

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2019-03-03

Spinosuchus was probably similar in size to Trilophosaurus, although as you can see its tall neural spines give its back a raised hump/sail and less of the lean, iguana-like silhouette.

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2019-02-24

Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself...if I don't make a super spiny Trilophosaurus, who will?

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2019-02-19

This is the sketch on which this piece is based. This sketch was used by in his article about allokotosaurs https://t.co/Gon6FQ8Ap9

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2018-09-10

Morning warmup sketch. Allokotosaurs were WEIRD and so much fun to draw. I decided to sketch today Teraterpeton, a trilophosaurid (possibly) from Late Triassic Nova Scotia 🇨🇦 Just look at that LONG toothless snout (small teeth were present on the back of jaws)

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2018-05-08