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Perhaps one of the most peculiar animals in the question of the study of the origin of pterosaurs, Scleromochlus has been considered a sort of "grandfather" to both pterosaurs and dinosaurs, and as an apparent non-dinosaur archosaur, but also not a crocodylian, it has been notable for framing the debate on exactly what kind of animal it was that pterosaurs could have evolved from.
Perhaps one of the most peculiar animals in the question of the study of the origin of pterosaurs, Scleromochlus has been considered a sort of "grandfather" to both pterosaurs and dinosaurs, and as an apparent non-dinosaur archosaur, but also not a crocodylian, it has been notable for framing the debate on exactly what kind of animal it was that pterosaurs could have evolved from.
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SO....with dino-fuzz being (likely) an ancestral trait, and with pterosaurs having pychnofibers...Would it be safe to assume this critter had a simple fuzzy covering of proto-proto(?) feathers?
Also the new thought that endothermy is the basal state for archosaurs, with crocs having evolved ectothermy, would this small archosaur be just as endothermal as pterosaurs and small dinosaurs?
Really interesting, this animal.
Also the new thought that endothermy is the basal state for archosaurs, with crocs having evolved ectothermy, would this small archosaur be just as endothermal as pterosaurs and small dinosaurs?
Really interesting, this animal.