Reptile - Travors

A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil

May 6, 2022 by Tony Grantly

Journal Reference: Alexander W.A. Kellner, Borja Holgado, Orlando Grillo, Flávio Augusto Pretto, Leonardo Kerber, Felipe Lima Pinheiro, Marina Bento Soares, Cesar Leandro Schultz, Ricardo Tadeu Lopes, Olga Araújo, Rodrigo Temp Müller. Reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil with the description of a new taxon. PeerJ, 2022; 10: e13276 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13276 … Read more

Extinct reptile discovery reveals earliest origins of human tooth, study finds

December 22, 2021 by Tony Grantly

Journal Reference: Adam K. Huttenlocker, Suresh A. Singh, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida. A Carboniferous synapsid with caniniform teeth and a reappraisal of mandibular size-shape heterodonty in the origin of mammals. Royal Society Open Science, 2021; 8 (12) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211237 In findings published in Royal Society Open Science, researchers at the University of Bristol … Read more