Thalattosauroid Skulls & Feeding Behavior: the Weird and the Weirder

Preface Thalattosaurs were an order of indeterminate diapsid reptiles known exclusively from the Triassic. These sea dwelling reptiles were divided into two superfamilies, Thalattosauroidea and Askeptosauroidea. The slender bodied, lizard-esque Askeptosauroids were long snouted coastal animals and the deeper bodied Thalattosauroids were better adapted to life in the water, even entirely lacking the potential limited …