Tag Archives: Vertebrate

Convergent Mososaur/Ichthyosaur evolution. – [Retrospective Post]

A research team from Sweeden, Canada and the US have recently published a paper in the PLoS one journal which looks set to redefine the way vertebrate palaeontologists look at a whole group of mesosoic marine reptiles. Continue reading

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Torosaurus genus to be reclassified Triceratops. – [Retrospective Post]

A recent scientific paper argues that two genuses of ceratopsian dinosaur (Torosaurus and Triceratops) – which have been separate entities for over a century – are in fact the juvenile and adult growth stages of the same taxon – but why? Continue reading

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