Euparkeria

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Euparkeria Bipedal thecodont (‘tooth-in-socket’) reptile known from the Lower Triassic. The thecodonts are considered to be ancestors of the dinosaurs and, apart from a limited number of primitive features in the skull, Euparkeria is a likely ancestor for most archosaurian (See ARCHOSAURIA) stocks. It was a small reptile, only 60–100cm in length.

Euparkeria

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Euparkeria See THECODONTIA.

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