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Where is this fossil now?
discovered in antiquity by Greeks in Pleistocene peat fossil beds at Megalopolis & placed on acropolis of Nichoria, discovered in 1970s by Ripp Rapp/Minnesota Messinia Expedition, misplaced until 1997, described in my

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2022-04-01

Dearc sgiathanach science: Jagielska et al 2022, . Giant Jurassic pterosaur indicates early evolution of large size in pterosaurs & hints at ecology.

👀: https://t.co/KOQfG5nu3F

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2022-03-26

Hey , how do you like our first foray into

Published in 1857, "Fossils of South Carolina" documents and describes samples found all across the state and housed at the College of Charleston's "Cabinet of Natural History."

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2022-03-25

Leti (U. W. 110) is the first skull of a Homo naledi child found. This pic compares its 3D reconstruction with other Homo naledi specimens (top) and other hominins (bottom). Credit: Brophy J.K. et al. (2021)

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2022-03-25

First Triassic records of in the southern hemisphere (Image credit: Jorge Blanco) https://t.co/MkwcspIGpO

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2022-03-19

To walk w knowledge of physical evidence of dinosaur walking same spot: exciting, stimulating to imagination & humbling!

📸 & : https://t.co/RCmpaeDGXA

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2022-03-18

For a pair of wonderfully perturbed-looking acanthodians.

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2022-03-18

[#Palevol] The potential and limits of Thin-Plate Spline retrodeformation on asymmetrical objects: simulation of taphonomic deformations and application on a fossil sample of limb long bones.⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/YTD9GSn10T
✒️ et al.

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2022-03-16

Why not enjoying while listening to this interview for with on the Tethyshadros nicknamed Bruno, your new favourite and the other from Villaggio del Pescatore? 🇮🇹🦖https://t.co/wPDDn9wMfF https://t.co/r82XqbACJv

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2022-03-12

For how about some in-progress images from this piece. I really enjoyed doing it, thanks for all the fantastic support! https://t.co/iZT00zz0vg

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2022-03-12

[#Geodiversitas] Skeleton of Early Miocene Bathyergoides neotertiarus Stromer, 1923 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Namibia: behavioural implications

🔗 https://t.co/KvvYeyTHGs
✒️ Laura BENTO DA COSTA & BRIGITTE SENUT

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2022-03-11

Happy - ICYMI - Cranial anatomy of  jimmadseni, a new species from the lower part of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Western North America

Full article https://t.co/RHdWxXNNuE

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2022-03-11

This is the CT-scanned skull of sani, a 190 million-year-old tuatara relative from Arizona, USA. It shows that many tuatara features were already present at a time when dinosaurs were just hitting their stride.

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2022-03-05

Excuse me miss! What are you doing out of bed this late! 😳🐣
*Featuring Zowie the Ubirajara 💙

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2022-03-05

For today I'm particularly excited to present you two stunning specimen of one of my absolute favourite dino: Allosaurus. In photo 1-2 we have A. jimmadseni, while in 3-4 A. fragilis.
The key to tell apart one specimen from the other is the shape of the jugal.

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2022-03-04

Taphonomic-forensic analysis of skulls from Sima de los Huesos by
et al. Of 20 known skulls, 17 have healed depression fractures. "Recurrent acts of lethal violence…thus seem evident."
https://t.co/02AJcqOP8L

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2022-03-04

New at Tyrannosaurus vs. polar bear vs. Andrewsarchus vs. vs. Beau the greyhound. Who wins? Depends on what the competition is. Full-res and discussion here: https://t.co/RvUyIF6XxX. Oh, and I guess this'll work for too!

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2022-03-04

I wasn’t able to finish the original work I was doing for (I’ll post it when I do!) so here’s some I made for a repeating design and never posted!

Happy

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2022-02-26