A 3D reconstruction of Avicranium's skull in multiple views.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
†Drepanosauromorpha
Family:
†Drepanosauridae
Genus:
†Avicranium Pritchard & Nesbitt, 2017
Type species
Avicranium renestoi
Pritchard & Nesbitt, 2017
Avicranium is a genus of extinct drepanosaur reptile known from the Chinle Formation of the late Triassic. The type species of Avicranium is Avicranium renestoi. "Avicranium" is Latin for "bird cranium", in reference to its unusual bird-like skull, while "renestoi" references Silvio Renesto, a paleontologist known for studies of Italian drepanosaurs.[1]
AMNH FARB 30834, mostly obscured by rock.
^Pritchard, Adam C.; Nesbitt, Sterling J. (2017-10-01). "A bird-like skull in a Triassic diapsid reptile increases heterogeneity of the morphological and phylogenetic radiation of Diapsida". Royal Society Open Science. 4 (10): 170499. Bibcode:2017RSOS....470499P. doi:10.1098/rsos.170499. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 5666248. PMID 29134065.
Avicranium is a genus of extinct drepanosaur reptile known from the Chinle Formation of the late Triassic. The type species of Avicranium is Avicranium...
skulls, which resemble the skulls of birds. Some drepanosaurs, such as Avicranium, had pointed, toothless, bird-like beaks. This similarity to birds may...
al. (2024) propose a new reconstruction of the skull and mandible of Avicranium renestoi and study the affinities of weigeltisaurids and drepanosauromorphs...
snouts and expanded, rounded craniums. The three-dimensionally preserved Avicranium has even been proposed to have been toothless and had forward-facing eyes...
Frey, E.; Steyer, J.-S.; Laurin, M. (2024). "'Birds' of two feathers: Avicranium renestoi and the paraphyly of bird-headed reptiles (Diapsida: 'Avicephala')"...
Manual unguals (hand claws). A drepanosaur related to Drepanosaurus. Avicranium A. renestoi New Mexico 'Siltstone' Skull and neck vertebrae. A drepanosaur...
affinities, but some living lizards (Meroles, Anolis) and extinct reptiles (Avicranium, Teraterpeton) are known to have convergently evolved a bird-like skull...
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