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More than 2,000 researchers have signed an open letter requesting the repatriation of a dinosaur fossil to Brazil. Some say the case highlights a pattern of scientific colonialism in paleontology.
Computed tomography data reveal large and adult-looking inner ears in very young individuals of the long-necked dinosaur Europasaurus holgeri suggesting precociality in this dwarfed island dweller from the Late Jurassic of Germany.
Analysis of 163 species finds the turtle’s proportionally big inner ear may have evolved to better stabilise its eyes for hunting in water.
Madagascar: Discovery of a new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous Sahonachelys mailakavava, provides evidence of a convergent evolution of suction feeding in pleurodira. Artwork of the life of Sahonachelys mailakavava, preying on tadpoles of the Malagasy giant frog Beelzebufo ampinga using a specialized suction feed - Credit: Illustration by Andrey Atuchin. Publicités In this study, we describe a new species of pelomedusoid turtle from a geological formation in Madagascar otherwise known for its perfectly preserved fossils of birds, dinosaurs, crocodiles and mammals. The new turtl...
Co-authors: - Serjsocha Evers (serjoscha.evers@unifr.ch; preferred: serjoscha.evers@googlemail.com), Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Tyler Lyson (Tyler.Lyson@dmns.org), Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, USA - Lydia Rahantarisoa (ralyhanta@yahoo.fr), Professor of Geology, Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar Senior author: David Krause (David.Krause@dmns.org), Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, USA Figure details Fig. 1 Life reconstruction of Sahonachelys mailakavava, p...