large eyes

hunting other reptiles

Camarasaurus was one of the smallest sauropods

around 68-66 million years ago

towards the end of the last glaciation

Atopodentatus unicus Magnapaulia large eyesAtopodentatus unicus was a marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of China, known from fossils recovered from the Guanling Formation in Yunnan Province. Initially described in 2014 by Cheng and colleagues, this taxon quickly became one of the most unusual marine reptiles in the fossil record due to the extraordinary morphology of its skull and dentition. Its generic name may be interpreted as strange dentition or unusual teeth, in reference to the