geologicalhistoryofearth
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Sorry, Jurassic Park: T. Rex Had Lips
Theropods like T. rex and Velociraptor had sheaths of scaly skin covering their long, pointy teeth, according to a team of paleontologists who recently studied the ancient predators.
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Huge-Jawed ‘Terminator Pigs’ Unfairly Painted as Predators, Researchers Say
About 20 to 40 million years ago, entelodonts — immense, snaggletoothed, pig-like beasts — trotted throughout Eurasia and North America. But despite their 0.91 m jaws studded with an alarming number of triangular teeth, these barnyard nightmares apparently had a typically porcine diet.
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The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Spawned a Monster Tsunami
A team modelling the aftermath of the asteroid impact that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago say that the collision also created a global tsunami that devastated coastlines from North America to New Zealand.
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This Ancient Reptile Is Not a Lizard, Don’t Call It a Lizard
150 million years ago, a prehistoric reptile unlike modern lizards slinked around what is now Wyoming. An ancient rhynchocephalian, the insect-eating animal’s discovery could shed light on the persistence of its living relative, the tuatara.