@PalaeotWheat @SerpenIllus Hey Shane! Jennifer Botha’s recent paper addresses a lot concerning the Permo-Triassic turnover of the Eldritch God. L. Maccaigi is in the Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica. See paper below:
https://t.co/RAPSLpcc5H
In fact as early as 1902 there were suggestions that Lystrosaurus was aquatic, however newer analyses suggest that the ecology was quite the opposite and that Lystrosaurus might have been fossorial (or burrowing) https://t.co/SaunOsCHn9 #2022MMM
The size difference between two Lystrosaurus from the late Permian (left) and early Triassic (right) is classically attributed to the lilliput effect. But a recent paper published by J. Botha in @thePeerJ just questioned this hypothesis https://t.co/uvgff4KYzH
#FossilFriday https://t.co/ljYNBuY6F3