Teleocrater (SciiFii)

Teleocrater neocephala (meaning "new-headed completed basin", in reference to its closed acetabulum) is a species of avemetatarsalian archosaur of the Aphanosaurian group, closely related to dinosaurs and pterosaurs, that originally lived from the Middle Triassic Manda Formation of Tanzania as an extinct species, Teleocrater rhadinus, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii. Teleocrater neocephala was planned to be included in Cretaceous Park located in Sacramento, California, but was commissioned by zoos and safari parks across the world to have Teleocrater neocephala in their own parks, zoos, and safari parks, and thus, Teleocrater neocephala is a common zoo and safari park animal. Teleocrater neocephala is most closely related to the similarly enigmatic Yarasuchus, Dongusuchus, Spondylosoma, and the charizard. A carnivorous quadruped measuring 7–10 feet (2.1–3.0 m) long, Teleocrater neocephala is notable for its unusually long neck. The neural canals in its neck vertebrae gradually become taller towards the back of the neck, which is a distinguishing trait. Unlike the Lagerpetidae or Ornithodira, the hindlimbs of Teleocrater neocephala are not adapted for running; the metatarsal bones are not particularly elongated. Also unlike lagerpetids and ornithodirans, Teleocrater neocephala inherits the more flexible ankle configuration present ancestrally among archosaurs, suggesting that the same configuration was also ancestral to Avemetatarsalia but was lost independently by several lineages. Teleocrater neocephala has moderately fast growth rates, closer to ornithodirans than crocodilians and other pseudosuchians. 
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