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New Sabre-Tooth Predator Precedes Cats by Millions of Years

New Sabre-Tooth Predator Precedes Cats by Millions of Years

by PeerJ Community | May 11, 2022 | Press

Paleontologists describe sabre-toothed mammal new to science, offering view into evolution of meat-eaters in recently published PeerJ Life & Environment article Diegoaelurus, a new machaeroidine (Oxyaenidae) from the Santiago Formation (late Uintan) of southern...
A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil

A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil

by PeerJ Community | May 5, 2022 | Article Spotlight, Press

In a new study published in PeerJ – Reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil with the description of a new taxon – researchers present Maehary bonapartei a small reptile that is considered to be the most basal of the...
Researchers describe a three-meter long Mesozoic marine reptile named Baisesaurus robustus

Researchers describe a three-meter long Mesozoic marine reptile named Baisesaurus robustus

by PeerJ Community | Apr 27, 2022 | Press

In a new study published in PeerJ – A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Autonomous Region, South China – researchers describe a three-meter long Mesozoic marine reptile named Baisesaurus robustus...
Fish-like marine reptile buried in its own blubber in Southern Germany 150 million years ago

Fish-like marine reptile buried in its own blubber in Southern Germany 150 million years ago

by Communities @ PeerJ | Apr 13, 2022 | Article Spotlight

A new study published in PeerJ – The soft tissue and skeletal anatomy of two Late Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from the Solnhofen archipelago – uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. One complete animal and one...
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