Description Lagerpeton
life reconstruction of lagerpeton chanarensis
lagerpeton estimated have been 70 cm (28 in) in length based on length of hindlimb; complete hindlimb specimen, pvl 4619, measures 257.9mm proximal femur distal ungual. body mass has been estimated no more 4 kilograms (8.8 lb), based on slender cross section of limb bones , estimates between more derived dinosauromorphs, such silesaurus, , basal saurischians eoraptor.
twenty 1 autapomorphic characters have been identified in l. chanarensis, these include: anterior inclination of posterior dorsal neural spines, hook-shaped femoral head , length of digit iv , metatarsal iv being greater digit iii , metatarsal iii. l. chanarensis lacks many dinosaurian characters, such anterior trochanter, placing basal within dinosauromorpha.
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