Spondylosoma
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| Spondylosoma absconditum von Huene, 1942 |
Spondylosoma (meaning "vertibra body") was an archosaur from the Middle Triassic of Brazil. It was originally described as a primitive saurischian dinosaur related to Staurikosaurus. However, more recent studies, including Galton (2000), show that it lacks dinosaurian characteristics and is probably a rauisuchian.
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- Galton, P. (2000). "Are Spondylosoma and Staurikosaurus (Santa Maria Formation, Middle-Upper Triassic, Brasil) the oldest saurischian dinosaurs?" Palaontologische Zeitschrift, v.74, n. 3, p. 393-423.
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