Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
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Study led by the University of Bonn: Aetosaur find involves juveniles
Histological growth - of the humerus of Aetosaurus ferratus. Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely distributed geographically. They died out about 204 million years ago, at the end of the Triassic. In Kaltental near Stuttgart, Germany, an assemblage of 24 Aetosaurus ferratus individuals, only between 20 and 82 centimeters long, was discovered in 1877. Since then, scientists have been puzzling over whether they were juveniles or small adults. A team led by Elzbieta M. Teschner from the University of Bonn has now solved the mystery: Bone examination of two specimens shows that they are juveniles. ...TO READ THIS ARTICLE, CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT
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