Studies of Moschops
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Sketch: Niassodon
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Digital sketch of Niassodon mfumukasi, after Castanhinha et al. 2013
Niassodon and the paleobiology of dicynodonts
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Castanhinha et al. describe a new dicynodont from the Late Permian of Mozambique. 3D scans of the skull provide details on its brain structure and inner ear morphology.
Doodle: Ophiacodon
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Quick reconstruction of Ophiacodon, drawn over a figure in Felice & Angielczyk 2014.
Doodle: Synapsid Agenda
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Doodle: Stem Mammal
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Sketch: Emydops oweni
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Doodle: Lystrosaurus
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Gaudy and swollen but still less likely to be rendered as a forehead-phallus
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Today in PLOS ONE, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner rearrange the oft-tragically reconstructed “unicorn spike” of Tsintaosaurus into a glorious piece of headgear, with a lambeosaurin-style cockscomb crest flaring up from the top of a parasaurolophin-style hollow crest.
Doodle: Cotylorhynchus
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