projecting its silhouette on the surface of the ground

1:35 scale - 290mm

in what is now South Africa

a Pachycephalosaurus

and hard-shelled animals

Cuvieronius hyodon Longisquama projecting its silhouette on theCuvieronius hyodon is an extinct species of proboscidean mammal belonging to the family Gomphotheriidae, which inhabited America during the Pleistocene, with a distribution ranging from southern North America to wide areas of Central and South America. It is one of the most representative gomphotheres of the continent, both for its geographic dispersion and its ecological versatility. From a morphological point of view, Cuvieronius hyodon had a