Azendohsauridae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
| Family: | †Azendohsauridae Sengupta et al., 2017 |
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| Azendohsaurus laaroussi Dutuit, 1972
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Azendohsauridae was a family of Allokotosaurian Archosauromorphs which lived around 245-216 million years ago. As of 2017[update] three genera are recognized as having belonged to the family: Azendohsaurus, Pamelaria and Shringasaurus.[1][2]
Repartition
The fossils of Azendohsauridae were found in Morocco, India, South Africa, Antarctica and maybe in Canada.
Description
Azendohsauridae was a family of massive herbivorous Allokotosaurians with long necks and small heads. Their size ranged from a little less than 1,5 m to more than 4 m in length and an average weight of 40 to 200 kg depending on the species.
References
- ^ Nesbitt, S.J.; Flynn, J.J.; Pritchard, A.C.; Parrish, M.J.; Ranivoharimanana, L.; Wyss, A.R. (2015). "Postcranial osteology of Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis (?Middle to Upper Triassic, Isalo Group, Madagascar) and its systematic position among stem archosaur reptiles". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (398): 1–126. doi:10.5531/sd.sp.15. ISSN 0003-0090.
- ^ Sengupta, Saradee; Ezcurra, Martín D.; Bandyopadhyay, Saswati (21 August 2017). "A new horned and long-necked herbivorous stem-archosaur from the Middle Triassic of India". Scientific Reports. 7 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08658-8.
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