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Heavily armored quadruped reptile

North American stagonolepidae aetosaur

Binary nomenclature related to Loricata

One of the largest former thecodonts

And a massive menacing appearance

But a carnivore crurotarsan not

Actually a docile herbivore

Blunt, bulbous, curved teeth

Perhaps omnivorous insectivore

Homodont sheath-covered dentition

Toothless beak and shovel snout

Slender, forked, expanded premaxillae

Large mandibular fenestra

Its bite reminiscent of ornitischians

It lived in muddy water areas

Near rivers, lakes and waterways

Digging up soft vegetation

Median and lateral scutes carapace

Unique aetosaur with five rows of spines

Desmatosuchus spurensis, the archosaur spur