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Lagerpeton chanarensis is a small archosaur known from the Middle to Late Triassic Chanares Formation of Argentina. It belongs to Lagerpetidae, a group of lightly built avemetatarsalians closely related to pterosaurs within the broader lineage that also includes dinosaurs. Its elongated hind limbs a...
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Key lagerpetid near dinosaur and pterosaur origins; important but not widely known.
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Dromomeron romeri is a basal dinosauromorph from the Late Triassic Chinle Formation of the southwestern United States, first described in 2007 from specimens found in New Mexico. It belongs to Lagerpetidae, a family of small bipedal archosaurs considered among the closest relatives to true dinosaurs...
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Triassic lagerpetid documenting dinosauriform diversity; solid scientific value, modest public profile.
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