
Protorosaurus (from , 'earlier' and , 'lizard') is an extinct genus of reptile. Members of the genus lived during the late Permian period in what is now Germany and Great Britain. Once believed to have been an ancestor to lizards, Protorosaurus is now known to be one of the oldest and most primitive members of Archosauromorpha, the group that would eventually lead to archosaurs such as crocodilians and dinosaurs.
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原龍屬(學名:Protorosaurus)是目前已知最早的主龍形下綱動物,生存在二疊紀晚期的德國,屬於原龍目。 1914年,勞倫斯·賴博(Lawrence Lambe)發現了一種新的角龍類恐龍,並給它取了原龍的相同學名(意思是「在牛角龍之前」)。當他發現這個名稱早已用在早期的主龍形下綱動物上,他就將這角龍類恐龍重新命名為開角龍。 原龍的體型修長,外型類似蜥蜴,具有長頸部、四肢,身長約2公尺。其身體外形,顯示牠們能夠快速移動。原龍被推測主要以昆蟲為食。原龍是Czatkowiella的近親,一種生存於三疊紀早期波蘭的爬行動物。
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