New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was armored

PHYSorg
Jul 26, 2023, 6:27 pm141 pts
Researchers have described a new species of armored reptile that lived near the time of the first appearance of dinosaurs. With bony plates on its backbone, this archosaur fossil reveals that armor was a boomerang trait in the story of dinosaur and pterosaur evolution: the group's ancestors were armored, but…

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