- were
relatively unaffected by the Permian-Tri****ic
extinction event.
Tangasaurids are
known to have been a
highly derived group of diapsids. One subfamily...
- lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and
dinosaurs (including birds) evolved).
Tangasaurids were
largely unaffected.
Gorgonopsians are
traditionally thought to have...
-
Tangasaurus is an
extinct genus of
aquatic basal tangasaurid neodiapsid known from the Late
Permian period (late
Changhsingian stage) of Tanga, northeastern...
-
Kenyasaurus is an
extinct genus of
basal tangasaurid known from the
Early Tri****ic
period of
Coast Province,
southeastern Kenya. It
contains a single...
-
neodiapsids include aquatic/amphibious taxa (Claudiosaurus and some
tangasaurids) the
gliding lizard-like Weigeltisauridae, as well as the Tri****ic chameleon-like...
- 65 m (57.9 ft) in
length and 44.7 t (99,000 lb) in weight. The
largest tangasaurid was
Hovasaurus with an
estimated snout-vent
length of 30–35 cm (12–14 in)...
-
Acerosodontosaurus was
later described as a
younginid in 1980 and a
tangasaurid in 2009. More
recent studies have even
supported the
hypothesis that...
- analysis, even more
basal than
weigeltisaurids (such as Coelurosauravus),
tangasaurids (such as Hovasaurus), and
younginids (such as Youngina). However, they...
-
species of
dinosaurs as well as
other animals. In 1980, he
named the
tangasaurid species Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui based on a
partial skull and partial...
- This and a
couple of
other genera make up the
family Younginidae. The
tangasaurids, a
family that
includes forms apparently adapted for
swimming in fresh...
