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Koyabu, D. et al. Mammalian skull heterochrony reveals modular…
Category: Paleontology
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First unambiguous evidence of Multituberculata from the Late Cretaceous of South America
Systematic paleontology
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758.
Multituberculata Cope, 1884.
Cimolodonta McKenna, 1975.
?Neoplagiaulacidae Ameghino, 1890.
Notopolytheles joelis gen. and sp. nov. (Fig.
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A mysterious metal find in Sweden is rewriting Iron Age history
A complete plano-convex ingot has been uncovered in Sweden for the first time. When researchers at the University of Gothenburg analyzed the object using isotopic and chemical methods, the results were surprising. “Due, in particular, to its…
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Scholars say most of what we believe about Vikings is wrong
According to scholars of Scandinavian studies, many widely held beliefs about Vikings and Old Norse paganism cannot be confirmed through modern scientific methods. “They are based essentially on reports written by Christian scholars in the High…
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Fossils reveal a massive shark that ruled Australia in dinosaur times
Around 115 million years ago, the waters north of Australia supported a massive shark that can be viewed as an early relative of the creatures made famous by “Jaws.” Newly examined fossils show that modern sharks began developing extremely large…
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Wing morphology of Anchiornis huxleyi and the evolution of molt strategies in paravian dinosaurs
Baumgart, S. L., Sereno, P. C. & Westneat, M. W. Wing shape in waterbirds: morphometric patterns associated with behavior, habitat, migration, and phylogenetic convergence. Integr. Org. Biol. 3, obab011 (2021).
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Global environmental drivers shape Cenozoic neoselachian diversity and identify modern conservation priorities
Diversification patterns
The majority of extant neoselachian orders first appeared in the fossil record during the Jurassic (201 Ma) and persist to the present day, with the exception of Apolithabatiformes, known only until the Early Cretaceous53….
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Researchers Find Evidence of Ancient Microbial Life in 3.51 Billion-Year-Old Rocks
Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of photosynthesis relative to the inferred oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere, remains a challenging opportunity. To tackle this…
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A new species of the mud terrapin Pelusios offers insights into early hominin habitats at the Pliocene Hadar Formation of Ethiopia
Campisano, C. J., Rowan, J. & Reed, K. E. in African Paleoecology and Human Evolution. (eds S.C. Reynolds & René Bobe) Ch. 18, 214–228Cambridge University Press, (2022).
Wagler, J. G. Natürliches System Der Amphibien: Mit Vorangehender…
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The terminal Ediacaran Tongshan Lagerstätte from South China
Briggs D. E. G., Erwin D. H., Collier F. J. The Fossils of the Burgess Shale. (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994).
Butterfield, N. J. Exceptional fossil preservation and the Cambrian Explosion. Integr. Comp. Biol. 43, 166–177 (2003).
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