- were
relatively unaffected by the Permian-Tri****ic
extinction event.
Tangasaurids are
known to have been a
highly derived group of diapsids. One subfamily...
-
neodiapsids include aquatic/amphibious taxa (Claudiosaurus and some
tangasaurids) the
gliding lizard-like Weigeltisauridae, as well as the Tri****ic chameleon-like...
- lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and
dinosaurs (including birds) evolved).
Tangasaurids were
largely unaffected.
Gorgonopsians are
traditionally thought to have...
- 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)...
- analysis, even more
basal than
weigeltisaurids (such as Coelurosauravus),
tangasaurids (such as Hovasaurus), and
younginids (such as Youngina). However, they...
-
Hovasaurus noted that
Acerosodontosaurus shared similarities with both
tangasaurids and younginids, and he
considered it
ancestral to both families. Other...
-
noted that its tail is not
specialized as a
swimming organ as it is in
tangasaurids.
Philip J.
Currie (1982)
redescribed Tangasaurus and its relationships...
-
species of
dinosaurs as well as
other animals. In 1980, he
named the
tangasaurid species Acerosodontosaurus piveteaui based on a
partial skull and partial...
-
thought to be
closely related to Acerosodontosaurus, and more
distantly to
tangasaurids (Kenyasaurus, Hovasaurus, Thadeosaurus, and Tangasaurus), but the monophyly...
- 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...
