A team of paleontologists from the University of Bristol and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History has digitally reconstructed the brain of
Thecodontosaurus antiquus, a species of small sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived some 205 million years ago (Late Triassic epoch), and found that this dinosaur may have eaten meat, was bipedal, and had adaptations to retain a steady head and gaze while moving.
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“Our analysis of
Thecodontosaurus antiquus’ brain uncovered many fascinating features, some of which were quite surprising,” said lead author Antonio Ballell Mayoral, a Ph.D. student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.