Marine reptile
Atopodentatus
Atopodentatus unicus had a broad, hammerhead-like snout with specialized teeth.
Atopodentatus unicus had a broad, hammerhead-like snout with specialized teeth. Better-preserved fossils changed an earlier interpretation of its jaw shape.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Atopodentatus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
- When it lived
- Middle Triassic
- Group
- Sauropterygia
- Sauropterygians
Beyond the game
The real Atopodentatus
Atopodentatus unicus had a broad, hammerhead-like snout with specialized teeth. Better-preserved fossils changed an earlier interpretation of its jaw shape.
Its unusual teeth support a plant-feeding interpretation in a marine setting. Better-preserved material revealed the broad mouth in place of the older split-snout reconstruction.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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