Palaeontology

scientists call for overhaul of antiquated system

scientists call for overhaul of antiquated system

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An 1862 illustration of Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur to be named.Credit: Paul D. Stewart/SPL It’s been 200 years since scientists named the ...

Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs

Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Part 1. Caudipteryx as a model for building a robot The decision to use Caudipteryx as the model for building a robot ...

A giant tyrannosaur from the Campanian–Maastrichtian of southern North America and the evolution of tyrannosaurid gigantism

A giant tyrannosaur from the Campanian–Maastrichtian of southern North America and the evolution of tyrannosaurid gigantism

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Brusatte, S. L. et al. Tyrannosaur paleobiology: New research on ancient exemplar organisms. Science 329, 1481–1485 (2010). Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google ...

Oldest thylakoids in fossil cells directly evidence oxygenic photosynthesis

Oldest thylakoids in fossil cells directly evidence oxygenic photosynthesis

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Sánchez-Baracaldo, P., Bianchini, G., Wilson, J. D. & Knoll, A. H. Cyanobacteria and biogeochemical cycles through Earth history. Trends Microbiol. 30, 143–157 ...

Decoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaurs

Decoupling speciation and extinction reveals both abiotic and biotic drivers shaped 250 million years of diversity in crocodile-line archosaurs

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Allan, R. P. Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental ...