Koskinonodon perfecta, Metaposaur amphibina skull Triceratops horny beak

horny beak

It was contemporaneous with other odd Ediacaran organisms

This replica of Compsognathus is one of the most famous fossils in paleontology

it probably caught fish and other marine creatures

it shares the typical features of an ankylosaurids

Koskinonodon perfecta, Metaposaur amphibina skull Triceratops horny beakKoskinonodon perfectus was a Temnospondyli amphibian from the Late Triassic of North America. This 2 meter long tetrapod was the North American equivalent of the European genus Metoposaurus. It used to be called Buettneria perfecta until very recently (2007) when somebody noticed that the genus name was preoccupied by a cricket. It took then the name of the oldest known generic synonym, Koskinonodon. Remains of his animal has been found in Texas,