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A pair of small Longisquama in the branches of a Triassic tree. Walking With Dinosaurs, Paleo Art, The Future Is Now, Extinct Animals, Prehistoric Creatures, Prehistoric Animals, Weird Animals, Creature Design, Scientists

Longisquama insignis is one of the most enigmatic reptiles in the fossil record. Scientists thought it was a tree-dwelling animal with weird back appendages and then a tiny flying relative of birds, and back again. Nobody is as yet sure how it used its defining features: The elongated “skin appendages” on its back.

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A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has recently reconstructed the limb musculature of Thecodontosaurus antiquus, a wolf-sized Triassic-period dinosaur considered to be an early ancestor of the iconic long-necked, quadruped Diplodocus, and found that this magnificent creature ran on its two back legs and used its shorter forelimbs to grasp food. #thecodontosaurus #dinosaurs #Dinosaurdiscoveries #thecodontosaurusantiquus #universityofbristol #diplodocus Triassic Period, Cool Dinosaurs, Bedroom Frames, Dinosaur Images, Ancient Animals, Paleo Art, Extinct Animals, Things Under A Microscope, Unframed Art

A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has recently reconstructed the limb musculature of Thecodontosaurus antiquus, a wolf-sized Triassic-period dinosaur considered to be an early ancestor of the iconic long-necked, quadruped Diplodocus, and found that this magnificent creature ran on its two back legs and used its shorter forelimbs to grasp food. #thecodontosaurus #dinosaurs #Dinosaurdiscoveries #thecodontosaurusantiquus #universityofbristol #diplodocus

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