# goretober2021

Pastel Paleotober Day 5: Titanoboa 🐍

Titanoboa evolved in the tropical forests of Colombia at the end of the Paleocene. At 13 meters, Titanoboa was the largest snake ever. Despite often being depicted eating crocodiles, its teeth suggest that it mainly ate fish.

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2021-10-06

Pastel Paleotober Day 4: Hesperornis 🍋

Hesperornis was an aquatic bird that swam the same sea as Archelon. Unlike penguins, which use their wings to propel themselves, Hesperornis evolved from foot-propelled divers, leading to reduction of their wings over evolutionary time.

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2021-10-05

Pastel Paleotober Day 3: Archelon 🍊

Archelon, the largest known turtle at 15 feet head to tail, swam in the late Cretaceous sea of North America. Although Archelon sports a leathery carapace, it is not closely related to the modern leatherback sea turtle.

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2021-10-04

Day 3 of and
Leanchoilia and Myllokunmingia, because I just didn't know how to bruise an arthropod!

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2021-10-03