Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks
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Origin of the evil, demonic Quetzalcoatlus revealed
If you're a regular reader you'll have seen the recent article on those freaky, terrifying versions of the azhdarchid pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus from the 1970s and 80s. We looked at Guy Michel's version from 1979 and Richard Orr's spectacularly colourful rendition from 1984.
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Footprints in Time – Popular Archeology
Popular Archaeology Anthology: Fossilized human footprints are helping scientists rewrite human prehistory.
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The 'freaky giraffoid Barosaurus' meme
Lately I've become quite fond of those really weird depictions of fossil animals that were utterly, utterly wrong, yet somehow managed to persist in the literature for decades. Last time round, we saw how the meme of the 'demonic Quetzalcoatlus' passed from artist to artist, and had its genesis in a single, speculative illustration.
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