#pterosauromorphs

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I'm not sure if it's your area of expertise but do you know anything about early pterosaurs? I was on Wikipedia reading about pterosauromoprha and I don't understand why lagerpeptidae are pterosauromoprhs

While I could answer this ask I want to tag in a bigger pterosaur expert than I. @raptorcivilization

[saritawolff]

#Archovember Day 26 - Ixalerpeton polesinensis

The Triassic lagerpetids were once thought to be early dinosauromorphs, but recent fossil evidence suggest that they were actually pterosauromorphs… either closely related to pterosaurs or even ancestral to them! Ixalerpeton polesinensis was a lagerpetid from Late Triassic Brazil, a locale that would eventually become a hotspot for pterosaurs. Like other lagerpetids, it had long hind legs with well-developed muscles, but it lacked the neural spines that suggest hopping locomotion as in Lagerpeton. It was small and agile, likely using its long legs to chase and leap after insects.

In the Upper Santa Maria Formation, Ixalerpeton would have had to watch out for large predatory pseudosuchians like Rauisuchus and herrerasaurids like Staurikosaurus and Gnathovorax. It also lived alongside early aetosaurs Aetobarbakinoides and Aetosauroides, silesaurs like Amanasaurus, and basal sauropodomorphs Buriolestes and Saturnalia. There were also a variety of cynodonts, like Gomphodontosuchus and Prozostrodon, and the temnospondyl amphibian Compsocerops.