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Eoconstrictor was an ancient boid snake that lived in the Eocene Messel Pit. Based on skull structure, it was one of the earliest known snakes with infrared vision.
#MesselWeek #Paleontology
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Like modern salamanders, the Jurassic-age Chunerpeton was able to regrow damaged limbs. Sometimes, the regrowth can go wrong giving us wild malformations like extra fingers or even extra limbs!
#TotallyRadWeek #Paleontology
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A fossil that buzzed excitement in 2022 is Innovatiocaris from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte in China. Normally, the frontal appendages are preserved but here we have the whole body giving us wonderful detail.
#RadiodontWeek #FossilFriday
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I've been getting a lot of Pokemon comments for #BurgessShaleWeek and guess what? There's already one! The Pokemon Anorith and its evolution is based on the Burgess Shale apex-predator Anomalocaris. Now if they would only do Hallucigenia...
#paleontology

A new Opabinia relative has been discovered but this time in the Ordovician! Mieridduryn was found in Wales with soft tissues preserved. Its name means "bramble-snout."
#fossils
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Check it out! This is Innovatiocaris, a newly described genus of a radiodont from the Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte in China. Radiodonts, like Anomalocaris, are incredibly rare making this fossil incredible.
https://t.co/7Ys6a4UlW6
#Paleontology

#MonteSanGiorgioWeek
One of the most iconic animals from the Triassic is the INCREDIBLY long necked, Tanystropheus. Found at Monte San Giorgio, one species captured its prey by ram-feeding.
https://t.co/KLU4TQ35OR
#FossilFriday

Fossilized acorns recently described from the Oligocene Yongning Formation in southern China.
https://t.co/HWEYQYU3le
#Paleontology

Because Lagerstätten are incredibly good at preservation, we can get the earliest representatives of organisms like Syllipsimopodi, an early ancestor of octopus. These finds help fill in the missing pieces to the Tree of Life.
https://t.co/gGFQ5Lz6xG
#ProgressWeek #Fossils