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Here's old, outdated reconstruction of a tanystropheid - where it's elongate cervical (neck) vertebra were treated as extension of phalanges (pterosaur wings). Now it's accepted they likely were long-necked aquatic animals, based on its wonderful fossils (check out its skull!)

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2021-05-06

Another closer look at 1 of the 50 paintings I produced for...
Locked in Time
Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils
Written by
Published by
This painting, The Carcass Collector, features Archaeotherium
MORE SOON

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2021-05-05

Lucigenus...
... The Hallucigenia Pokemon - Psychic

Its primitive brain should not be capable of psychic power, yet it can create an odd, hallucinatory space around it when threatened. Even studying its fossils had anomalous effects that inflicts confusion onto researchers.

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2021-05-05

Tail weaponry in ankylosaurs and glyptodonts by
Victoria M. Arbour and Lindsay E. Zanno is now open access:
https://t.co/I2SQtAhAHH

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2021-05-03

We have some fossils preserving soft tissue (including a polyctylid) showing plesiosaurs actually had pretty slim necks and that most of the fat was around the tail and front flippers

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2021-05-03

In James E Allen’s ‘Corythosaurus’ (1938), two dinosaurs are depicted next to a lake. The image is from a group of six lithographs of prehistoric monsters commissioned by Sinclair Refining Company.

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2021-04-30

I ❤️ marsupials, especially weird fossils, but I can't deny they aren't as diverse as placentals. Our new paper, out today & led by , uses jaw shape to show they also evolve more slowly, likely due to developmental constraints https://t.co/8GbDV2GarN

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2021-04-28

The majority of textbooks describe the Ndutu skull as "Homo heidelbergensis". With some other African fossil crania, such as the Kabwe and Bodo skulls, there is at least a set of features that they share with European "H. heidelbergensis" fossils like the Petralona skull.

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2021-04-28

This from the Neogene of Caniles (Granada) (c. 23 - 5,3 Ma) was collected in 1804 by the Simón de Rojas Clemente (1777-1827). Between 1804 and 1809 he made a trip to Andalucía to study the of the Kingdom of

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2021-04-27

Paleontologists Find Fossils of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats in Philippines
https://t.co/EGlxeAVivj

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2021-04-27

Exciting research out today! Newly discovered specimens of Unenlagia comahuensis (Paraves) reveal derived traits that Unenlagia and kin share with birds, lending support to the interpretation that unenlagiids are stem‐Avialae.
https://t.co/SeqFJWX9zw

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2021-04-27

Ok, here are mine: the henodontid placodont Parahenodus atancensis, the simosaurid Paludidraco Parahenodus (we described both taxa back in 2018, from fossils recovered from the Upper Triassic site of El Atance, Spain), and the nothosaur Brevicaudosaurus.

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2021-04-25

Paraceratherium bugtiense is type species of genus Paraceratherium. The fossils were found in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan(Oligocene). Not like its gigantic cousin,Pa. bugtiense is smaller. But it was still the largest mammals in Pakistan at that time.

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2021-04-24

For here's an open access article on cranial anatomy of Saurornitholestes langstoni from Dinosaur Park Formation by Phillip Currie and David C. Evans:
https://t.co/S9v33hWXvF

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2021-04-23

Fossil Pokémon To Teach Kids About Fossils in Japanese Museums https://t.co/nDYhhckW3n

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2021-04-23

Name: Tyrunt (Midakian)
Species: Royal Heir pokemon
Type: Rock/Fighting

Entry: When studying the fossils of tyrunt from the midako region, they found that many had battle scars and were in rougher shape then other regions tyrunt

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2021-04-21

Check out this awesome video posted by Florissant Fossil Beds NM on how artist Mariah Slovacek recreated the famous wasp fossil found at the park.

https://t.co/V1rp1kcrje

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2021-04-21

In real life I love to collect rocks, fossils, and crystals!! I would like to imagine my hoard would also include meteorites if I could get my hands on them 🌟

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2021-04-19

On this all-important Velociraptor Awareness Day, please enjoy Biomechanics of Dromaeosaurid Dinosaur Claws by Phillip L. Manning and colleagues:
https://t.co/DvUzxNREh3

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2021-04-18