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Dinosaurs existed for 165 million years. The animals’ evolutionary success was partly due to their fast growth rate. A new study finds that this pattern of fast growth appeared in the earliest dinosaurs. The researchers examined microscopic details in dinosaur bone fossils from Argentina. The details showed that the earliest dinosaurs had growth rates similar to animals found today like mammals and birds. submitted by /u/Neither-Pie8981 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

April 17 (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Earth. Researchers said on Wednesday the bone, called a surangular, was from a type of ocean-going reptile called an ichthyosaur. Based on its dimensions compared to the same bone in closely related ichthyosaurs, the researchers estimated that the Triassic Period creature, which they named Ichthyotitan severnensis, was between 72 and 85 feet (22-26 meters) lo ..read more

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Two brand-new species of early mammals from the Jurassic period have been discovered, revealing the secrets of how we got our ears. Two new papers in the journal Nature suggest that the two fossilized specimens resemble modern weasels and are species of ancient mammalian animals. Two brand-new species of early mammals from the Jurassic period have been discovered, revealing the secrets of how we got our ears. Two new papers in the journal Nature suggest that the two fossilized specimens resemble modern weasels and are species of ancient mammalian animals. submitted by /u/Neither-Pie8981 [vis ..read more

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