Hongshanopterus is named for the Neolithic Hongshan Culture of China whose people lived more than 5,000 years ago. https://t.co/sVM12BlqA2

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reshuffles the phylogeny of Pleistocene rhinos using ~1.77 million y. old proteome sequences from Dmanisi. This extraordinary breakthrough extends molecular phylogeny based on fossils far beyond the range of preservation of ancient DNA.
https://t.co/ClNR9r7Q6F

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Last of the Mesozoic stickers representing the Cretaceous, the pterosaur Tupandactylus Imperator. Sporting a large crest of soft tissue the fossils for this amazing flying animal are found in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

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New artwork for sale! - "strange fossils and sedimentary rock" - https://t.co/D2SzPnvn0i

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Renowned paleontologist Sir Richard Owen named Coloborhynchus back in 1874. https://t.co/uq6i8sofdC

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Unique fossils of the spinosaurids Oxalaia and Irritator are probably lost in the fire of the National Museum in Rio De Janeiro 🇧🇷
Art by Márcio Castro

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Let’s see if we can get lovely Big D on board. Evie’s letter to and her painting of how she sees the statue for

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New fossils show that the Spectacled Cormorant, an enormous bird once native to Japan, had a much wider range than anyone thought. https://t.co/aKaxrAmFJE

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Yixianopterus is a mysterious from a strange group of flying reptiles known as the lonchodectids. https://t.co/xQ45aOqT3l

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Hey hey, day!!
I'm Jenn Lee and I pencil hot-as-heck comic , co-created with my awesome partner ! You can read it for free over at https://t.co/1f1BIY585r! I also sometimes illustrate kids' books and hunt for fossils!

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Since fossils don't preserve soft tissue, it's hard to tell what dinosaurs might have looked like. Many artists just leave off possible feathers, quills and skin flaps. If we drew modern animals this way, baboons might look like this.

(Credit: https://t.co/hxmDVQ3jf2)

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Explore our scientific collections in a whole new way: From black rhinos to green abalones—& all the skulls, starfish, fossils, & California basketry in between—explore our new 700-specimen collection here: https://t.co/teIU1MOojY.

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From the master of Peter Trusler. Come and see the real thing from today

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010: Mayor

The name "Villager" is used for the classic Animal Crossing player's proportions, so I think "Mayor" is a good name to distinguish the New Leaf onward design!

Why's she got a shovel? TO DIG UP DIRT ON HER POLITICAL OPPONENTS and also to find fossils.

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and I've finished my book chapter on wolves, so here are some views of the Pleistocene gray wolf (Canis lupus) skull found by Rev. MacEnery in Kents cavern. It was one of his favourite fossils.

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in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the discovery of the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important specimens in the history of paleoanthropology.

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Scientists named Alamodactylus after, you guessed it, the Texas symbol of independence otherwise known as the Alamo. https://t.co/u5Ek8DxNge

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Austriadraco is a basal from the Triassic Period of Austria. https://t.co/UBd9fSu1J6

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