Friday Dead Animal Blogging
11:55 pm
Monkey-Lizard Edition
Megalancosaurus preonensis
The Age of Reptiles (Mesozoic Era) kicked off in grand fashion with the Triassic Period, which began about 250,000,000 years ago and ended about 45,000,000 years later. During the Triassic, reptiles evolved to fill almost every corner of the globe. Plant-eating reptiles munched fronds on vast fern praries, stalked by reptiles who very much wanted to much on them. Reptiles could be found ambushing prey in lakes and rivers, chasing fish in the open ocean, and crushing clams on the sea floor. Reptiles spread membranous wings and flew through the skies. And for a few million years near the end of the Triassic, one strange group of reptiles could be found climbing through the treetops. This group was so well-adapted for an arboreal lifestyle that they have been named the Simiosauria, or Monkey-Lizards.
Hypuronector limnaos
Dolabrosaurus aquatilis
More info and art is available in a new Hairy Museum gallery: Monkey Lizards of the Triassic.
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