 It is speculated that the elongation of the spines served to stiffen the backbone, being advantageous for terrestrial locomotion, but the purpose of the fusion of successive spines remained unclear in the absence of other material of this taxon.Aspidosaurus

Aspidosaurus is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl within the family Dissorophidae.Like other dissorophids, "Aspidosaurus" species had a single row of plates formed by expansions of the neural spines.