Reptile
Drepanosaurus
Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus had a specialized forelimb and a strongly curved tail tip.
Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus had a specialized forelimb and a strongly curved tail tip. Its anatomy made this small reptile look unlike a conventional lizard.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Drepanosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Late Triassic
- Group
- Drepanosauromorpha
- Drepanosaurs
Beyond the game
The real Drepanosaurus
Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus had a specialized forelimb and a strongly curved tail tip. Its anatomy made this small reptile look unlike a conventional lizard.
The enlarged hand claw and unusual limb joints form a distinctive grasping apparatus. Together with the hooked tail, they distinguish this reptile from an ordinary lizard.
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
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Renestò 1994 — The shoulder girdle and anterior limb of Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus
- Pritchard et al. 2016 — Extreme modification of the tetrapod forelimb in a Triassic diapsid reptile
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