Kosmodraco dakotensis Variante:Pintado a mano The reduction of forelimbs in

The reduction of forelimbs in different lineages—carcharodontosaurids

Its tusks were shorter and less curved than those of mammoths

reforzada por tendones osificados

incluyendo la morfología craneal

Su masa corporal estimada se sitúa en torno a 100–110 g

Kosmodraco dakotensis Variante:Pintado a mano The reduction of forelimbs inKosmodraco dakotensis was a freshwater choristodere from the Palaeocene of North America. It was originally described as Simoedosaurus dakotensis and was later reassigned to the genus Kosmodraco. This animal was neither a dinosaur nor a crocodile, although its general appearance may have superficially resembled that of certain predatory aquatic reptiles. It belonged to Choristodera, a lineage of semi aquatic diapsids that survived the end Cretaceous