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Say hi to Praearcturus gigas.
This Devonian arthropod from Britain's identity had been in dispute for ages, but a new study reinterpreted it as a giant scorpion. Though the fossil is fragmentary, the estimated size is about 1 meter long. This is one bug you want to ride into battle.
#Art #SciArt
Early Evolution of Nocturnal Behavior in Cockroaches Documented by a New Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) Amber Fossil from Japan
Ovaliblatta iwakiensis gen. et sp. nov.
bioone.org/journals/pal...
Drawn by Shunichi Kawasaki
Evolution of tooth reduction and loss in Mesozoic avialans: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Zhou et al.)
FLESHY "FRUIT" ASSOCIATED WITH TRIASSIC DICRODIUM TREES??!
[Palaeobiogeographical links within the Triassic of
Gondwana: Umkomasia fleurdelysia, a new cupule
(pteridosperm megasporophyll) and a comparison
of allied species]
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As well we have Pachyperna in the friking Eocene!
Today is a funny day to remember everyone we have Salwater tolerant littoral MYRIAPODS
YES, MYRIAPODS
Hydroschendyla submarina & Strigamia maritima as examples
All known and a new dino-age amber classified within seven global forests
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Libanohypselosoma slovacica sp. n.
Did they? Gervilleioperna is in Aalenian Chile and in Brame et al. (2019) literally is quoted:
"Rare lithiotids can still be found in the Toarcian of Morocco following the T-OAE (Bodin, personal observation)"
(Tough @rowanmartindale.bsky.social can confirm if this last one was an error)
The phylogenetic origin of turtles
www.cell.com/current-biol...
New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina
[Kank australis gen. et sp. nov.]
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(Art of the relative Neuquenraptor by PaleoGeekSquared)