Kosmodraco dakotensis Variante:Pintado a mano reforzada por tendones osificados

reforzada por tendones osificados

with likely well-developed feathers on its arms

Su masa corporal estimada se sitúa en torno a 100–110 g

incluyendo la morfología craneal

Its tusks were shorter and less curved than those of mammoths

Kosmodraco dakotensis Variante:Pintado a mano reforzada por tendones osificadosKosmodraco dakotensis was a freshwater choristodere from the Palaeocene of North America. It was originally described as Simoedosaurus dakotensis and was later reassigned to the genus Kosmodraco. This animal was neither a dinosaur nor a crocodile, although its general appearance may have superficially resembled that of certain predatory aquatic reptiles. It belonged to Choristodera, a lineage of semi aquatic diapsids that survived the end Cretaceous