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Triassic marine reptile "odd" adaptation

Started by sauroid, January 24, 2019, 04:54:18 PM

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sauroid

January 24, 2019, 04:54:18 PM
Early Triassic marine reptile representing the oldest record of unusually small eyes in reptiles indicating non-visual prey detection

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37754-6?fbclid=IwAR2i9rZ8VD-HRxvsiW-RYQh_F-VTaQ6F9RSB46EaHo1GnqXmWCx2ouyLcfU
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January 24, 2019, 05:41:34 PM
Beautiful, fascinating discovery. I love hupehsuchians but what the hell are they!? :o Ichthyosaur buddies, it seems: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0102361

Neosodon

#2
January 24, 2019, 07:29:02 PM
Interesting they compared it to a platypus. Maybe it used electroreception.

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#3
January 24, 2019, 07:56:15 PM
A new contender for the goofiest head among tetrapods. Caseids are envious.

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January 25, 2019, 12:37:11 AM
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#5
January 25, 2019, 12:51:19 AM
Very weird and interesting creatures, from a group I wasn't familiar with.  Like suspsy said, it would be nice to have a figure of such an odd looking animal.

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#6
January 25, 2019, 08:02:42 PM
Fascinating animal, would make for a great figure  ;)
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January 26, 2019, 02:44:05 AM
Quote from: suspsy on January 25, 2019, 12:37:11 AM
Get to work, CollectA and Safari!

Precisely my thoughts.
like a bantha!

stargatedalek

#8
January 26, 2019, 04:22:46 PM
Skull looks eerily like a platypus, I can't help wonder if it also had a beak.

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