Talk:Poposaurus

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Did you know... that the Triassic archosaur Poposaurus walked on two legs like some dinosaurs, but was more closely related to crocodiles?

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Plantigrade feet?[edit]

I found a free restoration on Flickr (right), and it seems to have some differences from the one here (which has kind of theropodish legs). The legs here are much more robust, and it seems obvious that the feet are plantigrade, not digitigrade. FunkMonk (talk) 04:00, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gauthier et al. (2011) say "It is not clear whether Poposaurus gracilis walked on the balls of its feet only (digitigrade) or whether it first placed the sole of its foot on the ground and then rolled up onto the ball while walking (plantigrade), like archosaurs ancestrally", and they suggest that Poposaurus may have been plantigrade when walking and digitigrade when running. But I'll thicken the lower legs, since right now they look like theropod drumsticks! Smokeybjb (talk) 01:03, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Alright! FunkMonk (talk) 10:54, 24 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

might want to mention it was a carnivore ....[edit]

. . . and perhaps some speculation as to its diet. HammerFilms 68.19.15.106 (talk) 18:46, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Skull material[edit]

Might want to include that cranial material was found: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/258442655_Cranial_remains_of_Poposaurus_gracilis_%28Pseudosuchia_Poposauroidea%29_from_the_Upper_Triassic_the_distribution_of_the_taxon_and_its_implications_for_poposauroid_evolution 124.197.35.126 (talk) 21:18, 22 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]