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Category: Paleozoic

Carboniferous Paleozoic

To Put a Face with a Name: The Newfound Head of Arthropleura, Prehistory’s Largest Millipede

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date October 12, 2024
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A new specimen has given a face to the largest creepy-crawly that has ever walked the earth.

Tags Arthropleura, Arthropods, Carboniferous, Centipedes, Insects, Millipedes, Myriapoda, science

Paleozoic

The Curious Case of Cotylorhynchus and the Caseids, Earth’s First Herbivores

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date March 15, 2024
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When life first transitioned to land, the evolution of herbivory came alongside some of the strangest looking animals in our planet’s history.

Tags Caseids, Cotylorhynchus, Paleontology, Pelycosaurs, Permian, prehistory, Synapsids

Paleozoic The Mesozoic Mailbag

A Cold, Little Fossil: The World’s Oldest Chambered Heart

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date September 19, 2022
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Can 380-million-year-old fossilized organs last into the present? A new discovery suggests they can…

Tags Devonian, fossils, Nature, Paleontology, Placoderms, prehistory