fixes on two figures emerging from the thicket of a clump of fallen trees

using its claws to forage in the soil

adapted to a riverine ecosystem that favored specializations for fishing

lipless jaw

Melanorosaurus readi Scale:1:20 fixes on two figures emergingMelanorosaurus readi was a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Late Triassic , specifically the Norian stage (approximately 220210 million years ago) , that inhabited southern Gondwana , in what is now South Africa . It has traditionally been considered one of the largest and most robust prosauropods , and occupies a key position in the evolutionary transition between early bipedal sauropodomorphs and the large quadrupedal sauropods of the