By Herp News The newly identified Jurassic period creature, a species named Kryptodrakon progenitor that was unearthed in the Gobi desert in northwestern China, was modest in size, with a wingspan of perhaps 4-1/2 feet. But later members of its branch of the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs were truly colossal, including Quetzalcoatlus, whose wingspan […]
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Apr 24
Apr 24
Tiny Flying Reptile Ancestor to Giant Pterodactyls Found
By Herp News Many pterodactyls, such as the ones depicted in Jurassic Park, were huge, but the dino-era airborne beasts evolved from a tiny flying reptile. Continue reading → Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Two new river turtle species described
By Herp News The alligator snapping turtle is the largest river turtle in North America, weighing in at up to 200 pounds and living almost a century. Now researchers have discovered that it is not one species — but three. By examining museum specimens and wild turtles, the scientists uncovered deep evolutionary divisions in this […]
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Two New River Turtle Species Described
By Herp News The alligator snapping turtle is the largest river turtle in North America, weighing in at up to 200 pounds and living almost a century. Now researchers from Florida and the University of Vermont have discovered that it is not one species — but three. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]
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How the media is getting the Gaboon viper story terribly wrong
Nothing must ever happen in South Carolina, given the insane levels of hype over a supposed stray Gaboon viper roaming its streets. So with all that free time and dearth of current events to report on, you’d think the media could, you know… investigate? Or maybe just hit Wikipedia? Anything other than what they’ve been […]
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