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Category: Prehistoric Planet

Gliders of the Prehistoric World

19/06/2020 Darwin's Door

After exploring the evolution of flight, now we can question how gliding came to be.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Flight, Glide, Jurassic, Permian, Triassic

Acinonyx pardinensis: The Need For Speed

05/06/2020 Darwin's Door

A quick read about an even quicker cat

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: cat, Cheetah, pleistocene

Ursus spelaeus: The Bear Necessities

22/05/2020 Darwin's Door

Ferocious fiend or cuddly creature? What exactly was a cave bear? Find out here.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: bear, neanderthalensis, pleistocene

How Flight Evolved in Bats: Radars Take to the Wing

08/05/2020 Darwin's Door

The fourth article about the evolution of flight. How did the mammals join the fight for dominance in the air?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Bats, Chiroptera, Eocene, Flight

Fossils in Colour

10/04/2020 Darwin's Door

Find out all about how the colours of extinct animals has been determined.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Birds, Colours, Cretaceous, Feathers, Jurassic, Sinosauropteryx

How Flight Evolved in Birds: The Flying and Feathered Dinosaurs

20/03/2020 Darwin's Door

The third article in this miniseries all about flight. How did the birds come to be?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Birds, Feathers, Flight

Deinocheirus mirificus: A Fossil Goose Chase

06/03/2020 Darwin's Door

An exploration of the wacky and wonderful story that lead to the discovery of the world’s weirdest dinosaur.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Mongolia, Ornithomimosaur

Chalicotherium goldfussi: The Miocene Giraffe

14/02/2020 Darwin's Door

A mini article all about one of the strangest mammals to date.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Miocene, perissodactyl, teeth

Styracosaurus albertensis: The Cretaceous Rhinoceros

07/02/2020 Darwin's Door

Find out all about a very curious genus.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: ceratopsian, Cretaceous

How Flight Evolved in Pterosaurs: When Flying Got Big

24/01/2020 Darwin's Door

The second article in this miniseries all about flight. Find how the first winged vertebrates developed this ability.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Eudimorphodon, Flight, Jurassic, Pteranodon, Pterosaurs, Rhamphorhynchus, Triassic

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