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michael<p>23-Jan-2025<br>Rare <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pterosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pterosaur</span></a> fossil reveals <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crocodilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodilian</span></a> bite 76m years ago</p><p>The fossilised neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study published today [23 January] in the Journal of Palaeontology. </p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1070999" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">070999</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For this <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Baturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Baturday</span></a>, look what I found to go along with the SharkBat above - a CrocBat! 🐊🦇<br />Pendant, <a href="https://historians.social/tags/bat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bat</span></a> with <a href="https://historians.social/tags/crocodilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>crocodilian</span></a>* wings<br />Nicoya, Costa Rica, dated 1-500CE<br />Stone (jadeite?), 1 3/4 × 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (4.4 × 0.6 × 13.3 cm)<br />Bowers Museum 2002.3.46: <a href="https://collections.bowers.org/objects/743/pendant?ctx=f499c51fa02791dfcf034b306a6763f5c0a1188e&amp;idx=131" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.bowers.org/objects</span><span class="invisible">/743/pendant?ctx=f499c51fa02791dfcf034b306a6763f5c0a1188e&amp;idx=131</span></a><br />*🆔Both the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) are native to Costa Rica.</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Unraveling the surprisingly complex history of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crocodiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodiles</span></a><br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-11-unraveling-complex-history-crocodiles.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-11-unraveli</span><span class="invisible">ng-complex-history-crocodiles.html</span></a></p><p>Origins of slow growth on the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crocodilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodilian</span></a> stem lineage: Jennifer Botha et al. <a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)01137-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(23)01137-5</span></a> </p><p>"Turn back the clock to the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Triassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Triassic</span></a> Period and the ancient <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crocodilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodilians</span></a> alive back then were far from lumbering, lethargic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>. The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> of these creatures reveal that they were in fact fast-growing, active animals."</p>
Mike Pingleton 🐸🍩<p>An American crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus),photographed from the Tárcoles River bridge in western Costa Rica. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/herps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crocodilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocodilian</span></a></p>
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