Comparative descriptions of the cranial morphology in living and extinct turtles are presented in this paper. Descriptions are arranged by bone rather than by taxon and attempt to document the types and degrees of differences in cranial structures within the Testudines, emphasizing features of systematic interest. Developmental information is also included. 273 figures supplement the […]
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Comparative cranial morphology of Recent and fossil turtles
August 31st, 2012 
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August 31st, 2012 riffin An enormous prehistoric bird, which might have resembled a very big ostrich, lived alongside dinosaurs around 83 million years ago, according to new research. The bird, called Samrukia nessovi after the mythical Kazakh Phoenix, lived in what is now Kazakhstan. It is described in the latest Royal Society Biology Letters. The discovery confirms “that big birds were living […]
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