In Depth        Groenlandaspis was first discovered in Greenland,†‬but since this time individual specimens have been found from across Europe,†‬Australia and Antarctica,†‬indicating a possibly global distribution of this genus.†‬Groenlandaspis was an arthrodire placoderm,†‬which means that it had a jointed neck,†‬something that allowed arthordire placoderms to open their mouths very†‬wide.†… Read more
In Depth        Kapi is a genus of gibbon that lived in India during the Miocene. Further reading New Middle Miocene Ape†(‬Primates:†‬Hylobatidaeâ€) ‬from Ramnagar,†‬India fills major gaps in the hominoid fossil record.†‬-†‬Proceedings of the Royal Society B.†‬287†(‬1934â€)‬.†‬-†‬Christopher C.†‬Gilbert,†‬Alejandra Ortiz,†‬Kelsey D.†‬Pugh,†‬Christopher J.†‬Campisano,†… Read more
In Depth        Pholidophorus is often considered a herring-like fish in both appearance and ecological niche.†‬The symmetrical tail would have allowed†‬for fairly high cruising speeds,†‬though Pholidophorus were probably not pursuit predators.†‬Instead they likely inhabited surface waters where they†‬either focused their attentions†‬upon either small fish of other marine organisms.†‬Pholidophorus are … Read more
In Depth        Kabirmys is a genus of rodent that lived in Egypt during the Eocene. Further Reading -†‬A large-bodied anomaluroid rodent from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt:†‬phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.†‬-†‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology†‬30â€(‬5â€)‬:1579-1593.†‬-†‬H.†‬M.†‬Sallam,†‬E.†‬R.†‬Seiffert,†‬E.†‬L.†‬Simons†& ‬C.†‬Brindley†‬-†‬2010.
In Depth        Nshimbodon is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Africa during the late Permian. Further Reading -†‬A basal nonmammaliaform cynodont from the Permian of Zambia and the origins of mammalian endocranial and postcranial anatomy.†‬-†‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:†‬e1827413.†‬-†‬Adam K.†‬Huttenlocker†& ‬Christian A.†‬Sidor†‬-†‬2020.
In Depth        Scutellosaurus was a relatively small ornithischian dinosaur that may have been primarily bipedal,†‬though still having fore limbs developed enough for providing quadrupedal support for activities such as feeding.†‬Scutellosaurus also had a covering of armoured scutes along its back that provided flexible†‬yet tough armour to give some defence against the teeth … Read more
In Depth        Reiszorhinus is a species of captorhinid reptile that lived in what is now†‬Texas during the Permian. Further Reading -†‬Reiszorhinus olsoni,†‬a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas.†‬-†‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology†‬30â€(‬3â€)‬:704-714.†‬-†‬S.†‬S.†‬Sumida,†‬J.†‬Dodick,†‬A.†‬Metcalf†& ‬G.†‬Albright†‬-†‬2010.
In Depth        Ictidosuchus is a little known genus of therapsid. Further Reading – On a new theriodont reptile (Ictidosuchus primaevus) from the Karroo Beds, South Africa. – Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6:314-316. – Robert Broom – 1900.
In Depth        Proterochersis was an early terrestrial turtle that live in Europe during the late Triassic,†‬as one well as one of the earliest appearances of a pleurodiran†(‬side-neckedâ€) ‬turtle. Further Reading – Proterochersis, eine pleurodire Schildkrďż˝te aus dem Keuper. – Jahreshefte des Vereins fďż˝r vaterlďż˝ndische Naturkunde in Wďż˝rttemberg 80:13-30. – E. Fraas – 1913. … Read more
In Depth        A relative to other gomphothere elephants like Gomphotherium and Ambelodon,†‬Platybelodon also had a pair of forward facing tusks in the lower jaw that were shaped into a form of shovel-like structure.†‬Like with its relatives,†‬it is believed that Platybelodon used these tusks as feeding aids for uprooting plants and stripping bark. … Read more