Source: thewoodparable (It’s PalaeoVerse’s campaign for floofy “prosauropods”)
Name: Asylosaurus yalensis
Name Meaning: Sanctuary Lizard
Classification:Â Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha
Asylosaurus was a basal sauropodomorph from Durdham Down, Clifton, Bristol, in England. It lived in the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic, between 208 and 201 million years ago. The original remains were attributed to Thecodontosaurus, but after review they were established as a new genus. These particular specimens had actually been shipped from England to the United States; leading to its name: if they had stayed in England, they would have been destroyed during the World War Two bombings. It differs from its contemporaries Thecodontosaurus and Pantydraco due to the structure of its upper arm; and may have occupied a separate ecological niche depending on whether it was omnivorous or herbivorous.Â
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/asylosaurus.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylosaurus
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