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Computed tomography data reveal large and adult-looking inner ears in very young individuals of the long-necked dinosaur Europasaurus holgeri suggesting precociality in this dwarfed island dweller from the Late Jurassic of Germany.
Madagascar: Discovery of a new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous
Sahonachelys mailakavava, provides evidence of a convergent evolution of suction feeding in pleurodira.
Artwork of the life of Sahonachelys mailakavava, preying on tadpoles of the Malagasy giant frog Beelzebufo ampinga using a specialized suction feed - Credit: Illustration by Andrey Atuchin.
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this study, we describe a new species of pelomedusoid turtle from a geological formation in Madagascar otherwise known for its perfectly preserved fossils of birds, dinosaurs, crocodiles and mammals.
The new turtle has an unusually flattened skull combined with a particularly slender lower jaw and enlarged tongue bones (hyoids), which not only gave it a frog-like appearance, but also suggests that