Plateosaur

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Plateosaur
(Atopoplacosaurus titanis)
Artwork of Plateosaur
Species is extinct.
15/101, gamma-ray burst
Creator TheBigDeepCheatsy Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Superclass
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Spondylozoa
Anisoscelida
Saurochelones
Spinoplacatiformes
Spinoplacatidae
Atopoplacosaurus
Atopoplacosaurus titanis
Week/Generation 13/88
Habitat Huggs-Yokto Savanna
Size 130 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet Herbivore (Speckled Berry Plant, Violetgrass, Nidbin, Bubble Pear, Baobab Crystal Tree, Weeplent leaves)
Respiration Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Hard Shelled Eggs, Two Sexes


The plateosaur split off from the plated plentsnapper. Since there was lots of food and many predators, it had to evolve quickly. It became much bigger, so that fewer predators would dare to attack them. The plateosaur's armor has become much more durable since it's still preyed upon when it is a baby. Unlike its ancestor, it no longer lays frog-like eggs, instead it lays hard-shelled eggs since there aren't any pools big enough for them.


One noticeable change it went through was that the plateosaur has switched to being completely vegetarian. In order to reach for tall plants and the leaves of weeplents, it has grown a significantly longer neck. Its top eyes have become eye-stalks and the third set of eyes stick to the side. This helps them look out for food and predators.

Gallery

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Cryorasher (class Saurochelones)