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Sunday, April 12, 2015

One big Triassic land predator: Erythrosuchus africanus

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Reconstruction of Erythrosuchus africanus . CZJ posing as scale. When it comes to ferocious prehistoric land carnivores, there is on...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Were dinosaurs responsible for their own demise by initiating a runaway climate change?

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Many scenarios have been put forward to explain the sudden disappearance in the fossil record of all non-avian dinosaurs, along with m...
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Dickinsonia from the Ediacara biota

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Reconstruction of Dickinsonia costata In 1946, while investigating abandoned mines in the Ediacara Hills, South Australia, geologist ...
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Saturday, January 31, 2015

First among the synapsids: the ophiacodonts

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The synapsids constitute the second major group of reptiles after the diapsids. They are characterized by a single hole in the skull just b...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2014 in Paleontology

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Here are my picks for the top paleontology stories of year 2014 (not in particular order): 1) Fossilized pigments show meso...
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Extraordinary Tanystropheus

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Tanystropheus longobardicus reconstructed as a shoreline fish hunter. With a length approaching 5 meters for the largest specimens,...
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Monday, September 1, 2014

Meet the Chroniosuchians

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Chroniosaurus dongusensis measured about 30 cm in length. Chroniosuchians form a very obscure group of small, superficially croc-lik...
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