Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole'
that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs
By Lydia Smith published 3 days ago
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Crushed Fossil Pieces Used To Reconstruct
Killer “Tadpole From Hell” The monstrous
tetrapod would have been a fearsome predator
in the swamps of Scotland.
Russell Moul, IFLScience, May 8, 2023
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The open access paper is:
Porro, L.B., Rayfield, E.J. and Clack, J.A., 2023.
Computed tomography and three-dimensional
reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapod
Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson, 1929. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, p.e2183134.
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Yours,
Paul H.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)