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For I am opening a thread about Early Triassic tetrapod faunal assemblages. After the Permian extinction, terrestrial faunal assemblages were depauperate and most were very similar in composition. Temnospondyls were quick to diversify

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2019-02-22

Rising star Alix Prybyla's first-authored study on the bite capability of Leptarctus, extinct 'tanks' among weasel-kind. Work done from her + internship in our research team! https://t.co/TTiW27zr2S Artwork: N. Wong/AMNH.

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2019-02-22

Learning how to draw (and eventually color) Pentaceratops for

Thank you guys at for . While I didn't exclusively use the in-game pentaceratops as reference, it helped me do some life drawing! And I may have added the volcano in!

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2019-02-16

For a short time, during the earliest Triassic, some parts of the world belonged to the Here for I have reconstructed the large-sized Moschorhinus. It is defending its recent kill, a Lystrosaurus, from a group of Tetracynodon

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2019-02-09

For here's 2016 of Spinolestes, an exceptionally well-known Cretaceous mammal from Spain. We know a lot about its skin and fur (except on the tail - the bushiness shown here is speculation) and also the shape of its ear pinnae, which makes me very happy.

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2019-02-08

Ammonite from a (mud) beach in Somerset... beautiful iridescence, but quite fragile

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2019-02-08

Spending my with Hyopsodus! These little monsters were especially abundant in the animal communities you'd come across if you were roaming around Wyoming 48 million years ago

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2019-02-01

Mark P. Witton explores the ecological roles of Pterosaurs, aided by a growing body of fossil evidence for their dietary preferences and roles as food sources for other species...read more here https://t.co/I25JTiosbF

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2019-02-01

The pupils of living cephalopods can range from circles, to rectangles, to more complex "W" shapes. Here, I've gone with a totally speculative "lute" shape, just for kicks. Happy everybody! Have a great weekend

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2019-01-26

My latest paper (and first on mosasaurs) is finally out this week in Alcheringa! Taxonomy and historical inertia: Clidastes as a case study of problematic
paleobiological taxonomy https://t.co/2leB65CCBj

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2019-01-26

Finally, for here is my reconstruction of the fossil site Artazu VIII (Basque Country) for the Ph.D. Thesis of : Coelodonta antiquitatis and Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.

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2019-01-25

Here’s a fun one: A Saurolophus (duckbill) footprint found in Mongolia contained the crushed skull of a Tarbosaurus (relative of T.rex).
[🎨: D.Bonadonna]

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2019-01-25

Results from the Lufengosaurus (NOT WITH HAIR and far more interesting than you imagine!) Protuberum (yes, it is weird), and Sinemys... in an unfortunate position.

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2019-01-19

Your periodic reminder that all good data we have on giant pterosaur anatomy and biomechanics points to well developed flight capabilities, even though they were the size of giraffes.

Details: https://t.co/eK6GcnFFGW

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2019-01-18

For of Protoceratops. This animal is often said to be the inspiration for griffins: though a popular idea, it's not compelling on account of ignoring a lot of historic, anatomical and geographic data. For more details, check out: https://t.co/xTq4pElHVL

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2019-01-11

Millions of years of human evolution in South Africa - Homo naledi skull LES1 (yellow) & toothless Australopithecus africanus cranium Sts 5 (blue)

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2019-01-11

Results from the first of the new year! Dakosaurus, Arthurdactylus, Talpanas (the mole duck)...

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2019-01-05

Bit late in the day but since it's here's number 7 in our blog posts of 2018: reveals some impressive detective work by on the jaw of the first scientifically described dinosaur - Megalosaurus bucklandii.
https://t.co/BTkOUwXm6J

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2019-01-04

For here's a walrus posing for a holiday snap during a busy day in Pleistocene Doggerland (a landmass now under the north sea). The walrus is our modern species, but most of the other species are extinct.

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2018-12-29