Sunday 15 March 2015

Fossil skull sheds new light on transition from water to land

EARLY EARTH
Fossil skull sheds new light on transition from water to land
Bristol, UK (SPX) Mar 12, 2015 - The first 3D reconstruction of the skull of a 360 million-year-old near-ancestor of land vertebrates has been created by scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge, UK. The 3D skull, which differs from earlier 2D reconstructions, suggests such creatures, which lived their lives primarily in shallow water environments, were more like modern crocodiles than previously thought. ... more


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