#lagerpetidae

[cheyezstuffz]

its name is passionfruit but u could also call it lala sweetie if u want....

[proflambeovt]

Paleovember 2023, Venetoraptor! A Triassic Archosaur from Brazil that would have climbed trees…and was also an early relative of pterosaurs!

[archosaurophilia]

Leaping Lagerpetids, and other updates

I've long considered the Triassic to be the most fascinating period in Earth's history (aside from, perhaps, our own). As well as being a crucial period in understanding the history of Earth's ecosystems and recovery from extinction events, the Triassic has always had an allure and mystery to me, owed in part to its enigmatic, almost alien animals. Researchers have likewise been confounded by many mysteries relating to the Triassic over the years, including the origin of ornithischian dinosaurs. The origins of another group at roughly the same time have proved equally enigmatic: the pterosaurs, yet again.

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

silesauridae anon- ohhhhhhhhhh i might be thinking of lagerpetidae actually, huh?

Just answered an ask about Lagerpetids!

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

speaking of silesauridae- maybe there was a resolution to this and i just totally missed it, but i thought at some point i heard about a possible connection to pterosauria? is that a thing or am i buggin

That's Lagerpetidae! The other group of weird lanky Avemetatarsalians. We used to think they were on the dinosaur line, but now most researchers place them on the pterosaur line (it's only like, two steps different, again). Which is good, bc we did NOT have enough pterosaur ancestors before. heck, we still don't.