#Chanaresuchus bonapartei

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Day 26: Chanaresuchus bonapartei

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#Archovember Day 26 - Chanaresuchus bonapartei

The proterochampsians were early archosauriforms from the Triassic period. Of them, Chanaresuchus bonapartei was fairly large, living in Late Triassic Brazil. It had a long, narrow snout. Unlike many other early archosauriforms, it had very little body armour, and just a single row of small osteoderms down the back. It is hypothesized that Chanaresuchus lived a similar lifestyle to pseudosuchians and phytosaurs due to its upward facing nostrils and eyes. However, there is a distinct lack of aquatic animal fossils in the Chañares Formation, suggesting that the area was dry and arid.

Chanaresuchus would have lived alongside dicynodonts like Dinodontosaurus, cynodonts like Probainognathus and Massetognathus, silesaurs like Lewisuchus, the lagerpetid Lagerpeton, the basal dinosauriform Marasuchus, the pseudosuchians Gracilisuchus and Luperosuchus, and fellow proterochampsian Gualosuchus.

[saritawolff]

Oof, November is already one week away. This year went so fast…

In any case, this means it is time for another Archovember!

If you’re new here, this is my version of Draw Dinovember that I started doing four years ago to challenge myself to draw not only dinosaurs but other Archosauromorphs that I have less practice with. It usually features a somewhat even mix of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, pseudosuchians, and a handful of oddball outliers.

Anyone can feel free to join in! I will be most active on my Instagram (SaritaPaleo), sharing art of the featured species for the day in my story, including that of anyone who joins in and uses the tag(s). But you can certainly post any of your submissions here too! The animal prompt for each day should be posted on or after their specific day, but can be drawn at any time. You can also join in at any time and don’t necessarily have to draw every animal. The point is to have fun and learn about some interesting prehistoric critters!

In case the graphic is hard to read, here is the list:

1. Your Choice!

2. Dino - Qianzhousaurus sinensis

3. Ptero - Hatzegopteryx thambema

4. Croc - Mahajangasuchus insignis

5. Other - Yarasuchus deccanensis

6. Dino - Regaliceratops peterhewsi

7. Ptero - Dearc sgiathanach

8. Croc - Carnufex carolinensis

9. Other - Doswellia kaltenbachi

10. Dino - Ceratosaurus nasicornis

11. Ptero - Batrachognathus volans

12. Croc - Sebecus icaeorhinus

13. Dino - Lambeosaurus lambei

14. Other - Proterosuchus fergusi

15. Ptero - Ferrodraco lentoni

16. Dino - Shuvuuia deserti

17. Croc - Shamosuchus djadochtaensis

18. Ptero - Caviramus schesaplanensis

19. Dino - Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum

20. Croc - Arizonasaurus babbitti

21. Other - Smok wawelski

22. Dino - Kentrosaurus aethiopicus

23. Ptero - Sordes pilosus

24. Croc - Burkesuchus mallingrandensis

25. Dino - Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis

26. Other - Chanaresuchus bonapartei

27. Dino - Animantarx ramaljonesi

28. Ptero - Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni

29. Croc - Batrachotomus kupferzellensis

30. Dino - Concavenator corcovatus

(Also, for new paleoartists: as a heads up when looking for refs you will come across David Peters. It is ill-advised to use any refs from the websites “pterosaur heresies” and “reptile evolution” as all those skeletals come from him and his own personal imagining of the tree of life and are usually pretty innacurate. If you have any trouble finding accurate references, I am more than happy to share the ones I’ll be using!)