CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE POSTCRANIAL SKELETON OF VIVAXOSAURUS PERMIRUS KALANDADZE ET KURKIN (ANOMODONTIA, DICYNODONTIDAE), WITH A NOTE ON THEIR PRESUMABLE TROPHIC ADAPTATION

Abstract

Postcranial bones of Vivaxosaurus permirus Kalandadze et Kurkin are described. Certain features of the pectoral girdle and forelimbs suggest adaptation to feeding on subterranean plant organs. Structural features of the acetabulum of Vivaxosaurus are indicative of its close relationship to Triassic anomodonts.