The ancient predator, which scientists have named Venetorapter gassenae, also had a large beak and likely used its claws for climbing trees and picking prey apart.
An ancient reptile with massive hands and long, sword-like claws has been unearthed in southern Brazil. Its"hands and claws, which look a bit like those of Edward Scissorhands, may have been used to catch prey or climb trees," Rodrigo Müller, a paleontologist at the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil, told Live Science.
The strange creature lived about 230 million years ago during the Triassic period . It had a large, sharp beak that it likely used to tuck into insects, fruits and small animals such as lizards, Müller said. Its claws would likely have been used for climbing and processing prey. Related: 240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall
With feather-like fur and a long tail, V. gassenae is a type of lagerpetid — a group of reptiles that were precursors to pterosaurs, flying reptiles that dominated the sky during the time of the dinosaurs.
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