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New Drepanosaurus Specimen
Topic Started: Oct 6 2016, 06:07 PM (503 Views)
Acinonyx Jubatus
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http://novataxa.blogspot.ca/2016/09/drepanosaurus.html
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(16)30878-8.pdf

So.

Another specimen of Drepanosaurus, apparently preserved in 3D. From North America (Chinle formation, NM) no less. More info on that crazy forelimb.

Still no skull, though.
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Furka
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Chinle confirms once again as one of my favourite formations.
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we really need a skull lol
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So apparently, according to the paper, this would make Drepanosaurus somewhat comparable to modern silky anteaters in their foraging behaviour.

I can't recall any other mesozoic tetrapod which actually follows this up after Drepanosaurus went extinct. Something to think about, I suppose.
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Incinerox
Oct 7 2016, 09:05 AM
So apparently, according to the paper, this would make Drepanosaurus somewhat comparable to modern silky anteaters in their foraging behaviour.

I can't recall any other mesozoic tetrapod which actually follows this up after Drepanosaurus went extinct. Something to think about, I suppose.

Fruitafossor and to a lesser extent Spinolestes are exaples of mammals thought to be "anteaters", though none are arboreal.

Alvarezsaurs are sometimes interpreted as "anteaters" as well, though also terrestrial
Edited by heliosphoros, Oct 7 2016, 02:22 PM.
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