Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Rhynchosaurus


                       Rhynchosaurus, Masdodonsaurus, Hyperodapedon, Telerpeton
Rhynchosaurus (beaked lizard) is a genus of rhynchosaur that lived during the Middle Triassic Period

Mastodonsaurus ("breast tooth lizard") was a large-headed amphibian of the Triassic. It was a giant among the stegocephalians and the largest animal 200 million years ago. It looked like a huge frog, with a triangular head that was about 4 feet long and with total body length about 15 feet long. Mastodonsaurus inhabited swampy pools and lived mainly on fish.

Hyperodapedon was a beaked reptile from the late Triassic. Fossils have been found in several continents, due to the continents being joined together during the Triassic.

Tulerpeton lived mainly in shallow marine water in Devonian times and is one of the first true tetrapods to have arisen. Tetrapods are vertebrate animals having four limbs. Amphibians, sauropsids and mammals are tetrapods. 

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