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Tag: Carboniferous

The Tully Monster: The Carboniferous Enigma

10/10/2020 Darwin's Door

Everything Dark and Horrifying 2020 debuts with an article about a miraculous monster.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Carboniferous, Tully Monster

Trilobites… So Many Trilobites…

25/09/2020 Darwin's Door

How did one of the largest prehistoric groups in existence evolve and what happened to them?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Arthropods, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Devonian, ordovician, Permian, Silurian, trilobite

Spiders: Weaving Their Webs For 300 Million Years

14/08/2020 Darwin's Door

How did the eight-legged freaks first evolve, and why do they spin such elegant webs?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Carboniferous, Devonian, Permian, Spider

The Carboniferous Period

24/04/2020 Darwin's Door

What happened to life on Earth once the land was finally conquered?

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Posted in: Feed, Time Tour Filed under: Arthropods, Carboniferous, Insects, terrestrialisation, Tetrapods

How Flight Evolved in Insects: Why Flies Can Bug You So Much

15/11/2019 Darwin's Door

The first in a series all about the evolution of flight, but how did this develop in insects?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Arthropods, Carboniferous, Flight, Hexapoda, Insects, Meganeura

The Giant Arthropods of the Carboniferous

10/10/2019 Darwin's Door

The first part of the Everything Dark and Horrifying 2019 series explores the giant arthropods of the Carboniferous.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Arthropleura, Arthropods, Carboniferous, Halloween, Meganeura, Megarachne

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