6) Poposaurus

O pseudosuchia do "cortei o cabelo, gostaram?"

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The Late Triassic (230 MYA) archosaur Poposaurus gracilis is more closely related to living crocodilians than dinosaurs, despite being a swift biped. This one is about to scavenge on a temnospondyl that recently passed away.

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Results from the
Poposaurus, Crassigyrinius, Saurosuchus and Meganalia/Varanus priscus.

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Today’s is Poposaurus gracilis Mehl 1915 from the Upper Triassic of the western US. Poposaurus has a remarkably similar body plan to dinosaurs, yet has hallmarks of all pseudosuchians. We know almost the full anatomy, minus parts of the skull

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Pose tests and a look at the underlaying rig for the gracilis. I actively despise the anatomy of this animal with its tiny feet and Tyrannosaur-like head but it's fun to work with.

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I worked on one of the Effigia sketches (left) I drew a couple of weeks ago, and added here to a plate also depicting Qianosuchus (sketch, top right), a basal poposauroid, and the foot of Poposaurus (bottom right). These are not dinosaurs but

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