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Category: Prehistoric Planet

Baryonyx walkeri: Gone Fishing

07/05/2021 Darwin's Door

Learn more about the fierce fisher that once stalked the English coast.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, England, Spinosaur

Istiodactylus latidens: The Confusing Carrion-Consumer

12/03/2021 Darwin's Door

A taxonomic mystery and a puzzling skull, but what exactly was this pterosaur?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Carnivore, Cretaceous, Pterosaurs

Opalised Fossils: Beauties of the Australian Outback

27/02/2021 Darwin's Door

What extraordinary fossils can Australia yield, and how did they form?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Australia, Cretaceous, Opal

Stupendemys geographicus: Turtle Knights of the Miocene

29/01/2021 Darwin's Door

What role did this thick turtle have in its aquatic ecosystem?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Miocene, Reptile, Turtle

Crocuta crocuta spelaea: Laughing in the Face of Extinction

15/01/2021 Darwin's Door

The comedy kings of the Cenozoic make their debut, but why were these Pleistocene predators so hard to identify?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: cave, Cenozoic, hyaena, pleistocene

Ichnology: Following in the Footsteps of Giants

18/12/2020 Darwin's Door

Footprints reveal more about prehistoric life than you may realise.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: footprints, ichnology, trace fossils

Placoderms: Knights of the Aquatic Table

04/12/2020 Darwin's Door

How did the most heavily-protected fish thrive, and what caused their demise?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Devonian, fish, gnathostomes, Silurian

Unleashing Secrets of the Palaeozoic: Lagerstätten and Exceptional Preservation

20/11/2020 Darwin's Door

Join Guest Contributor, Nicole, as she discusses sites of exceptional preservation and what they can tell us.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cambrian, Devonian, ordovician, Palaeozoic, Silurian

Otodus megalodon: The Jaws of Death

31/10/2020 Darwin's Door

Everything Dark and Horrifying 2020 climaxes as we face an aquatic monster

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Megalodon, Miocene, Pliocene, Shark

Livyatan melvillei: The Horror Version of Moby-Dick

24/10/2020 Darwin's Door

Venture into the deep seas as Everything Dark and Horrifying 2020 investigates Herman Melville’s nightmares.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cetacean, Miocene

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