Archive for June 27th, 2016

WFS News: Atopodentatus unicus: Earth’s Earliest Herbivorous Marine Reptile

Nearly two years ago, an international team of paleontologists discovered a bizarre fossil — Atopodentatus unicus, a 10 feet (3 m) long marine reptile that lived in what is now China 247 to 242 million years ago (Middle Triassic). Atopodentatus unicus’ head was poorly preserved, but it seemed to have a flamingo-like ‘beak.’ But according […]