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| Azendohsaurus madagaskarensis by Matt Celeskey. |
The term "strange reptiles" could apply to just about every animal I've ever written about on this blog, so you'll forgive me for not loving the name Allokotosauria, an up-and-coming group that was formalized in 2015. The name really says nothing about its members, the similarly newly-minted Azendohsauridae
and the longstanding Trilophosauridae. These are archosauromorphs that sit well
outside of the Ornithodira-Crurotarsi divide, and are instead related to such
eclectic animals as rhynchosaurs and protorosaurs. As I suspect my readers have at least heard of Trilophosaurus, I'll start this essay by discussing Azendohsaurus.
