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T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Part 1: Turtles are Weird.

Tuataras do it faster than anyone else.

New paper dispells Komodo myth. Also Megalania may have been the world’s largest venomous animal.

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Bow down to the warrior croc _Guarinisuchus munizi_

Site update

Two new paleo-herps illustrate the problems of a persistent reptile myth.

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New paper says dinosaurs were endomorphs.

Tuataras do it faster than anyone else.

A critical evalution of Tianyulong confiusci – part 3: Plucking at the idea of feathered dinosaurs

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Of the Birds, the Bees and the Dinosaurs.

Virgin Dragons and Fossil Sharks

Another short day

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The fibrolamellar smoking gun.

Back into the groove.

New paper on the strangest pterosaur ever.

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“Dakota” and National Geographic

Supersize crocs on PBS

_Microraptor gui_ to be featured in tomorrow night’s NOVA.

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Turns out Komodo dragons aren’t all that unique afterall.

Biomechanics of theropod necks

Virgin Dragons and Fossil Sharks

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Mechanics of bipedalism suggest dinosaurs had to be warm-blooded. Or: Why the aerobic capacity model needs to be retired.

New paper on the strangest pterosaur ever.

So, why go bipedal?

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T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Part 2: The weird and wacky origin of turtles.

Alligators can shift their lungs and lizard ecology determines movement.

The “Dawn Shark” and “Hidden Face”

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Owen and Mzee

Study shows shunting in crocs is all about the acid

Sprawling crocodylians walk straight even if there isn’t much O2 to go around.

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