Yet another paper of our Special Issue "The dawn of an Era: Comparative and functional anatomy of Triassic tetrapods" was published today. This time, et al. assess the origin of sauropodomorph air sacs. Submissions still open!

https://t.co/IEzdghyCsT

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Today's entry is a sauropodomorph from the Riojasauridae. Ancestral to the long necked Sauropods we know, Riojasaurus incertus is from South America. This is the prompt for the 16th

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竜脚形類に対する知識があまりないので“解像度の低い”竜脚形類しか描けない。(ダブルミーミング)
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It's my first on https://t.co/Fke6j4ZuQF, so it's time to post some sauropodomorph Here's Giraffatitan at the beach (2021), my Diplodocus mural for the Dorset Dippy exhibit (2019), Plateosaurus with flies (2020) and Shingopana with termites (2017).

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The Wetosaur (EarthBound) as an abelisaurid and Dino (The Flintstones) as a basal sauropodomorph.

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【ARK Sauropodomorpha(竜脚形類)】
※リプ欄にて説明

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of the new basal sauropodomorph, Mbiresaurus raathi! I've been on a real early dinosauria kick lately so the timing of this paper was perfect, what a lovely little guy!! I'm super excited to see what else comes out from this new Zimbabwean faunal assemblage!

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Immense size of sauropodomorph dinosaurs necessitated soft tissue pads to reduce the stress within pedal bones.

Jannel et al 2022 Softening the steps to gigantism in sauropod through the of a pedal pad
https://t.co/XGYm8iZm9g

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And and to go with it, two dinosaurs that illustrate how similar the earliest theropods and sauropodomorphs were. So much so that they've both flip-flopped all around in different positions in the saurischia family tree!

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Buriolestes, a southern brazilian early sauropodomorph(?).

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An early Jurassic sauropodomorph, was native to Southern Africa ~ 190 million years ago. It was one of the first dinosaurs described (1850s) and is the namesake of an entire family of mid-sized, bipedal "pro-sauropod" dinosaurs.

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My afternoon is all about creating sauropod so in honour of that, here's a suite of sauropodomorphoramas featuring classic taxa for Brontosaurus, Giraffatitan, Plateosaurus, and Diplodocus.

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From : "Fossils of sauropodomorph ancestor show it walked upright, was quick and agile" https://t.co/UEwVY5ZGct

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A really cool new 🦕-omorph paper just dropped! It's an awesome limb myological study/reconstruction on my favorite sauropodomorph by et al. I love an agile Theco 😊 & check out that awesome reconstruction by !

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I have just submitted my first paper from my postdoc!

😮‍💨😮‍💨 A massive weight has been lifted!

As a trailer of what comes next, I drop here some of those "dino heavyweights". Category is: Sauropodomorpha Extravaganza, colour Late Triassic Purple.

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A look back at our favourite blog posts of 2021 - sauropodomorphs from Greenland, giant radiodonts from the Burgess Shale, prehistoric penguins and Tethyshadros gets upscaled, our blog post has more: https://t.co/XTX6RQ7jPh

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Dino Fact!

Yunnanosaurus (Yunnan Lizard) is a sauropodomorph from Early-Mid Jurassic China! It was one of the last "prosauropods" to ever live! It's believed to primarily be quadrupedal, but like other prosauropods, could also stand on two legs!

Art by TheGoldenChicken!

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Meet Saturnalia; this unassuming dinosaur is one of the earliest, most primitive Sauropodomorphs; related to the ancestors of what will become the mighty Sauropods. Unlike it's later cousins it was small, fleet footed, and omnivorous. Remains are known from Late Triassic Brazil.

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de finales del Jurásico de Asia. Mamenchisauus es popularmenete conocido por ser uno de los con el cuello más largo de todos.

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Good evening everyone! Tonight’s Dino of the day is Unaysaurus! Unaysaurus was a basal sauropodomorph that lived during the Triassic period. It was found in Brazil 🇧🇷. It grew to around 8.5 ft long. See you explorers tomorrow!🤠
Credit: Michael B.H.

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