jdp Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 I meant to post this last week but I've been busy traveling and organizing a move. However, I thought I'd share: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/press/giant-salamander-like-creature-was-a-top-predator-in-the-ice-age-before-the-dinos The specimen with a reconstruction by Gabriel Lio: 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Paper is free to read here for a time: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07572-0.epdf?sharing_token=EV_js3W7oEBF84byBnGJytRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PxhQVfBsxVzKhIYL3lHTqRR_dAfXOz9yZ_h7Bofw3V2lMOMGyW3R-ciU-WZwS5jyFUw8LWuGg2I-vg-YK9L9epxW0MQS1-jZNmrtW6rtktBj078EJj3aR4-5wUh2M6ZTY%3D 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Nice work! Also congratulations on getting a paper in Nature! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Thanks! We're all very happy with how the paper turned out! Such a neat animal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Are there other tetrapods without girdle bones or would that be a unique feature (if it truly didn't have them)? PS. Congrats on your publication! Edited July 11 by JBkansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Caecilians and snakes are the obvious living examples, and there is a lysorophian species, Nagini mazonense, which also lacks a pectoral girdle. None of these are closely related to Gaiasia, though. However, we're not sure whether the type specimen is just missing the girdle due to disarticulation after death; we'll figure that out if/when we find more skeletons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted July 19 Author Share Posted July 19 Just to brag a little bit: we made the cover! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 6 hours ago, jdp said: Just to brag a little bit: we made the cover! Congrats on that! This called to my mind the good old Andrias scheuchzeri, which was discovered in my area in Oehningen back in 1725 and was first thought to be an old sinner from the great flood. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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