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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Nov 12, 2022 5:37:41 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Nov 12, 2022 5:37:41 GMT 5 Teenage duck-billed dinosaurs struck out on their own, forming cliques www.livescience.com/duck-billed-dinosaur-cliques
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News thread Nov 19, 2022 23:51:13 GMT 5 Grey, Infinity Blade, and 2 more like this

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We now have a huge, Archelon-sized paleo-turtle with the badass name Leviathanochelys:
www.sci.news/paleontology/leviathanochelys-aenigmatica-11406.html

Marine turtles were common in the subtropical Upper Cretaceous epi-continental seas that once washed the coasts of the ancient European archipelago. But unlike its contemporaneous faunas from North America, in Europe no taxon surpassed the 1.5 m shell-length. Here, the remains of a new large marine turtle, Leviathanochelys aenigmatica gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Campanian of the Southern Pyrenees are described. Anatomical and histological evidence concur in identifying the specimen as a basal chelonioid. The new taxon autapomorphically differs from other marine turtles by possessing an additional process on the anteromedial side of the pelvis, and an acetabulum directed strongly ventrally. Based on the pelvis size, it is likely that Leviathanochelys was as large as Archelon, thus becoming one of the largest marine turtles found to ever exist. The large body size of the new taxon could have evolved as a response to the unique habitat conditions of the European Cretaceous archipelago seas. The presence of the accessory pubic process further suggests the occurrence of an additional insertion point of the Musculus rectus abdominis, which together with the paleohistologic evidences support the hypothesis that the new taxon had an open marine pelagic lifestyle.

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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Nov 22, 2022 1:36:18 GMT 5 creature386 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Nov 22, 2022 1:36:18 GMT 5 First evidence of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, which hadn’t been seen since it was described in 1883. www.sci.news/biology/otidiphaps-insularis-11411.html
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Dec 12, 2022 18:09:58 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 12, 2022 18:09:58 GMT 5 World’s simplest animals are taxonomically placed. phys.org/news/2022-12-world-simplest-animals-tree-life.html
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Dec 20, 2022 7:30:59 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 20, 2022 7:30:59 GMT 5 Possible venomous bite in mosasaurs. gizmodo.com/mosasaurs-venomous-diet-jaws-paleontology-1849911521
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Rare 6ft-long smalltooth sand tiger shark washes up dead on a British beach: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11878027/amp/6ft-long-smalltooth-sand-tiger-shark-washes-British-beach-saved-brave-mother.html

This represents the northernmost record of this species.

Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Mar 28, 2023 16:13:26 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Mar 28, 2023 16:13:26 GMT 5 Scipionyx organs examined. globalhappenings.com/technology/329332.html
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Mar 31, 2023 5:05:31 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Mar 31, 2023 5:05:31 GMT 5 A surprising food may have been a staple of the real Paleo diet: rotten meat www.sciencenews.org/article/meat-rotten-putrid-paleo-diet-fire-neanderthal
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Creodont Junior Member Rank 1 Posts: 80	News thread Apr 21, 2023 18:23:37 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Creodont on Apr 21, 2023 18:23:37 GMT 5 Experts Weigh in After Mystery Creature Spotted in Texas: www.newsweek.com/mystery-creature-spotted-texas-badger-1793568?amp=1

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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Apr 27, 2023 2:27:48 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Apr 27, 2023 2:27:48 GMT 5 Buster, a dinosaur unique to B.C., comes to life in new exhibit www.timescolonist.com/local-news/buster-a-dinosaur-unique-to-bc-comes-to-life-in-new-exhibit-6880391
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Infinity Blade Global Moderator The fossil record tells us "What you are now we used to be; what we are now you will be." Posts: 7,838	News thread Apr 30, 2023 2:57:43 GMT 5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Infinity Blade on Apr 30, 2023 2:57:43 GMT 5 Newly-named species of tree-dwelling snakes threatened by mining. phys.org/news/2023-01-newly-named-species-tree-dwelling-snakes-threatened.html
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theropod: Yes. Shit. I don’t think the free world had any real plan B or contingency for the worst case scenario that has apparently ended up happening. Things were bad enough as it is, and nobody really has any capacity left to deal with it getting even shittier. Nov 6, 2024 19:38:01 GMT 5

Infinity Blade: I imagine tyrannosaurs having finesse through their premaxillary teeth. We know they could delicately scrape meat off of bones with those if they wanted to. Aug 28, 2024 1:29:55 GMT 5

Supercommunist: Anyone find it kind of weird how some people portay gigantosaurus as a finese predator compared to a tyrannosaurus? Given that tyrannosaurus had the smaller gape and the duller teeth, wouldn't it require more precision? Aug 27, 2024 23:49:00 GMT 5