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The sea spider, Palaeoisopus, found in the Devonian Hunsrück Slate

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2021-10-31

The oldest marine turtle comes from the Early Cretaceous, Columbian Paja Formation. Desmatochelys padillai lived alongside other marine reptiles and grew to a hefty 2 meters across.

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2021-09-23

Eoconstrictor was an ancient boid snake that lived in the Eocene Messel Pit. Based on skull structure, it was one of the earliest known snakes with infrared vision.
https://t.co/bs5zpHKmud

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2021-09-03

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/U2pVG7UdL1

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2021-07-20

The English, Silurian Herefordshire Lagerstätte preserves 3-Dimensional fossils with soft tissues. Normal fossil preparation methods would destroy these fragile beings leading to computers to recreate them digitally.
https://t.co/5mRUfdyWE8

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2021-06-20

One of the most recent revelations from the Utah Wheeler Shale is a new opabiniid yet to be named. This creature is remarkable as it's the first of its kind found outside of the Burgess Shale.
https://t.co/EYGysxeK3j

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2021-05-27

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

Juveniles of the ancient shark-relative, Bandringa, are found in the Mazon Creek concretions. The lack of adults and dominance of youngsters and egg cases suggest the area served as a nursery.
https://t.co/nBCnjya325

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2021-04-04

The Toploje Member chert is an Antarctic Permian site preserving a high-latitude swamp. The environment is quite unique given its time and location and yields a variety of plant fossils with arthropod and fungi interactions.
https://t.co/pAWoZswHMs

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2021-03-01

The Guanshan Biota has a host of primitive arthropods including the scavenger Guangweicaris spinatus. The lack of hard parts means we mainly find them in konservat-lagerstätten.
https://t.co/ec4keGO2KJ

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2021-02-26