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Happy from => A possible home for a bizarre Carboniferous animal: Is Typhloesus a pelagic gastropod? https://t.co/2fbiQckW5h |

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2022-09-30

Iberospinus in an epic angle

Another one of my old drawing,
I drew this after i saw the new spinosaur species a few months ago this year.

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2022-09-24

an old reconstruction of the Early Devonian placoderm fish Lunaspis. Named for how its spines resemble a crescent moon 🌙

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2022-09-24

For here is Sue’s gnarly skull! is a very dead absolute BEAST and hopefully this won’t reawaken their parasite trauma. Also included are emerald ash borer beetles, a parasitic wasp, and Trichomonsus gallinea.

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2022-09-24

More on the “alien goldfish” Typhloesus and its origins - from Invert. Palaeo. Collections, co-authored by Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron 🌊🐚
Guardian: https://t.co/imf2Ar7XNC
Live Science: https://t.co/Xnrrl5bw9C
Smithsonian Magazine: https://t.co/685aofaA4w

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2022-09-24

Fuxianhuia protensa ... very early Cambrian. Maybe 525 million years ago or earlier.

This art comes from a quite different part of the human brain than the brachiopod's cartoons ... but both are valid interpretations of the rare fossil evidence.


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2022-09-24

Quick rough piece of one of my favorite fish from the WIS in a Sugimori-esque style for

I’d love to see a set of collectible WIS cards, but I feel like I’d have to be the one to do it. 😅

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2022-09-23

ICYMI: et al. describe the earliest known heart of a jawed vertebrate, giving us a clue about how our own heart evolved! https://t.co/9dd0EPWh7c

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2022-09-17

Ayo here's that hot pink for yall ordered. I turnt the noggin up to full reef fish mode for the breeding season. Full view next tweet.

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2022-09-16

For here's the newly described rhynchocephalian (#tuatara relative) from the Jurassic of Wyoming, USA. Many thanks to (https://t.co/5Vx8iZS2bo) for the magnificent restoration. DeMar et al. 2022 :
https://t.co/0BHIPzURpr |

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2022-09-16

[#Palevol] Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 (#Carnivora, from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Lower Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia: systematics and new insights into...⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/4yBx8BoHln
✒️ - & Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE

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2022-09-16

Subadult Eucentrasaur from the Upper 50 m of the Two Medicine fm (~75-74 Ma). Label says Achelosaurus but stratigraphic placement isn't pinpointed and could be Einosaurus. It shares many similarities with subadult Einosaurus MOR 456 8-8-87-1.

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2022-09-10

anatomy studies made for and the LAU exhibit. Based on the specimen on display at the .

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2022-09-10

In 1952, a vesicular disease outbreak among swine prevented their entry at the State Fair. The Museum’s own 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘩𝘺𝘶𝘴 (19 MYO) measuring in at 6 ft at the shoulder and nearly 12 ft long was awarded the 1952 Grand Champion Purple ribbon!

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2022-09-10


One of the most iconic animals from the Triassic is the INCREDIBLY long necked, Tanystropheus. Found at Monte San Giorgio, one species captured its prey by ram-feeding.
https://t.co/KLU4TQ35OR

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2022-09-09