From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose which can grow as wide as a car the headgear of ruminant hooved mammals is extremely diverse, and new research suggests that despite the physical differences, fundamental aspects of these bony adaptations likely evolved from a common ancestor.
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Newly described fossil had armoured plates above its backbone newkerala.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newkerala.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was armored phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. A new species of armoured reptile that lived close to the time of the emergence of dinosaurs has been described by researchers. The study was published in the journal, the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Science News | Newly Described Fossil Had Armoured Plates Above Its Backbone.