Reptile
Desmatosuchus
It was one of the largest aetosaurs, with specimens measuring about five meters in length.
Desmatosuchus wore armor, but it belonged to aetosaurs and not armored dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
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Desmatosuchus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Triassic
- Group
- Aetosauria
- Aetosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Texas
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Desmatosuchus
It belonged to the aetosaurs, a branch of armored archosaurs. Its confirmed fossil record is North American; proposed records from elsewhere are treated with caution.
It was one of the largest aetosaurs, with specimens about five meters long. Body armor evolved in several different groups. Its confirmed North American fossils should be distinguished from proposed records elsewhere that still need more evidence.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was one of the largest aetosaurs, with specimens about five meters long. Body armor evolved in several different groups. Its confirmed North American fossils should be distinguished from proposed records elsewhere that still need more evidence.
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