Prehistoric Mammal of the Day - Eusmilus

Dimorphodon is one of those pterosaurs that looks like it was assembled incorrectly out of the box: for one thing, ts head was unusually big, looking like it might have ...
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Dinosaur of the Day - Protoceratops

Even though it's technically classified as a "false" saber-toothed cat, Eusmilus possessed truly gigantic canines, which were almost as long as its entire skull (when they weren't in use, this ...
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Pterosaur of the Day - Darwinopterus

Protoceratops wasn't nearly as big as most people think: today, this dinosaur is often mistakenly depicted as a giant, but in fact it was only about three feet tall and ...
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Prehistoric Mammal of the Day - Eurotamandua

Some major differences existed between the pterosaurs of the late Jurassic period and their Cretaceous descendants: the earlier genera were tiny, small-beaked and long-tailed, while later behemoths like Pteranodon and ...
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Pterosaur of the Day - Ctenochasma

An odd reversal of the usual pattern with megafauna mammals, Eurotamandua wasn't much bigger than modern anteaters; in fact, this three-foot-long creature was considerably smaller than the Giant Anteater, which ...
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