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fossils described in 2020
suggest that
lagerpetids may
instead be
pterosauromorphs (closer to pterosaurs).
Lagerpetid fossils are
known from the Tri****ic...
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close relatives. It was
originally defined to
include dinosauriforms and
lagerpetids, with
later formulations specifically excluding pterosaurs from the group...
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clade including lagerpetids and pterosaurs.
Baron (2021)
conducted his own analysis,
which confirmed the
relationship between lagerpetids and pterosaurs...
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analysis tentatively supporting lagerpetids as
pterosauromorphs (closer to pterosaurs).
Fossil remains from
other lagerpetids described in late 2020 strongly...
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fragmentary taxa such as Marasuchus, Lagosuchus, Nyasasaurus, and Saltopus.
Lagerpetids were also
traditionally considered dinosauromorphs,
though this has been...
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related to each other. By contrast, a
later 2020
study proposed that
lagerpetid archosaurs were the
sister clade to pterosauria. This was
based on newly...
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hands of
Venetoraptor bear long, scythe-like claws. Like
other lagerpetids as well as
early pterosaurs, its
vertebrae are
proportionately short...
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Other avemetatarsalians include the
flying pterosaurs,
small bipedal lagerpetids,
herbivorous silesaurids, and the
incredibly diverse dinosaurs, which...
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where the dig site is located.
Ixalerpeton was
similar to
other lagerpetids (namely
Dromomeron and Lagerpeton) in
having long
hindlimbs with well-developed...
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avemetatarsalians which coexisted alongside dinosaurs for much of the Late Tri****ic.
Lagerpetids are
traditionally considered the most
basal clade within Dinosauromorpha...
