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NEW TURT - Gokakelys
A new turtle has been described from a good skull from Karnataka, India and the latest Cretaceous to earliest Paleogene. It is the 4th member of a side-necked turtle group endemic to indo-pakistan
🎨: Clayton Mello (Jainemys pictured)
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NEW BORB - Masillastrix
Pretty darn good skeleton with "soft tissue" of a stem-owl has been described from the Eocene Messel of Germany with an iridescent cockroach shell still in its stomach indicating it was more diurnal than living owls!
🎨: @JoschuaKnuppe
ACTUAL DINOSAUR BLOOD FOUND!! Proud to be a co-author and the official artist for this very real study of an exceptional fossil #sciart Explore the whole story here through art and video in my "virtual diorama": https://t.co/Rrc8AUeQrD
"Et si, chaque nuit, une présence veillait sur moi dans l'ombre 🌙
Invisible à mes yeux, mais peut-être plus proche que je ne l'imagine.
Un gardien silencieux, né de mes rêves, de mes forces et de mes mystères. ✨🦉
#gardien#stranger#thing#night#sommeil
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NEW PTERO - Hintighernia
A new tapejarid pterosaur has been named from a few cruddy, tho diagnostic, bits of skull from the Cretaceous Cambridge Greensand of England. The insides of the bones is what counts most, since we got an endocast!
🎨: Matheus Gadelha
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NEW DINO - Rinconraptor
Yet another megaraptoran has been described from a buncha bonez from Bajo de la Carpa Fm of Patagonia. New material suggests increasing body size over time and a SA endemic clade of megaraptors.
🎨: Jerry Reyes (Megaraptor pictured)
Paleo Fact!
Tsogtopteryx (Mighty Hero Wing) is an azhdarchid from Late Cretaceous Mongolia! With an estimated wingspan of 1.6–1.9 meters wide, based on the holotype specimen, which is believed to be a fully grown adult, it's the smallest azhdarchid to- (1/2)
Art by Zhao Chuang!
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NEW ICHTHYOSAUR - Ammonitritor
World's most bizarre ichthyosaur is described! It had a first of its kind brachycephalic head with blunt maxillary edges and toothy projections that may have been used to crush hard-shelled prey
🎨: nao70shark1 + Maulido_Armi
@son_lingzing Si si, d'un point de vue archéologique et paléontologique, si on superpose les périodes, on a une courte période qui correspond à la faune et l'environnement dans le film, mais c'était une période de quelques années, pas plus !