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New study suggests that group nesting should be the norm – not the exception – in reptiles.
- Categories :Chelonia, Crocodylia, Extant Reptiles, Lacertilia, Serpentes, Sphenodontians, Uncategorized
- Tag :brooding skinks, communal egg laying, communal living, egg guarding, Eumeces, herps, Manouria, nest guarding, parental care, parental feeding, parental reptiles, parenting in reptiles, reptiles, skinks, social reptiles
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Bone histology says ectothermic goats, but does it?
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :dwarfism, ecotherm, ectothermic goat, ectothermy, goats, Myotragus, Myotragus balearicus, reptile, reptiles
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Land lubbing crocs get their day in the sun. Also, there’s a varanid special on NOVA.
- Categories :Crurotarsi, Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Lacertilia
- Tag :boar croc, crocodile, crocodyliform, crocodyliformes, crurotarsan, Crurotarsi, dog croc, duck croc, eric pianka, gondwana, lizard kings, monitor lizard, paleontology., paul sereno, rat croc, varanid
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Turns out Komodo dragons aren’t all that unique afterall.
- Categories :Uncategorized
- Tag :giantism, island giantism, komodo dragon, Megalania, monitor lizards, ora, varanid, varanus komodoensis, varanus prisca, varanus priscus, varanus salvator, varanus silvalensis
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WordPress upgrade
- Categories :Uncategorized
- Tag :blog, site developments, wordpress
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New paper says dinosaurs were endomorphs.
- Categories :Dinosaurs, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :body size, Brian McNab, dinosaurs, ecology, ectomorph, ectothermy, endomorph, endothermy, equation, evolution, formula, growth rate, mammals, math, mathematics, McNab, reptiles, sauropods
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New paper dispells Komodo myth. Also Megalania may have been the world’s largest venomous animal.
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Lacertilia, Uncategorized
- Tag :auffenberg, finite element analysis, komodo dragon, Megalania, megalania prisca, ora, toxicofera, varanid, varanus komodoensis, venom, venomous, venomous dragons, venomous komodo dragons
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Sprawling crocodylians walk straight even if there isn’t much O2 to go around.
- Categories :Crocodylia, Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :alligator, caiman, caiman sclerops, ceratopian, ceratopsian, crocodile, crocodylian, dinosaurs, erect, hyperoxia, hypoxia, ken carpenter, kenneth carpenter, lateral motion, normoxia, owerkowicz, paleo atmosphere, parasagittal, sprawling, track making, trackways
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A critical evalution of Tianyulong confiusci – part 3: Plucking at the idea of feathered dinosaurs
- Categories :Dinosaurs, Uncategorized
- Tag :cold blooded, dinosaurs, feathered dinosaurs, feathers, filament, heterdontosaur, integument, keratin, ornithischian, protofeathers, reptiles, saurischian, scaleless reptiles, scales, tianyulong, warm-blooded
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A critical evaluation of Tianyulong confiusci – part 2
- Categories :Dinosaurs, Uncategorized
- Tag :china, fake fossils, feathered dinosaurs, heterdontosaurids, heterodontosaurus, integument, liaoning, proto feathers, protofeathers, psittacosaurus, quilled psittacosaurus, quills, Sinosauropteryx, tianyulong