It's that time of year where we round up all our favorite science discoveries of the year, and today, we're talking fossils. From a wild mosasaur with screwdriver teeth, to glittery gold fossils, and even a mammal-versus-reptile fight to the death that ended with a volcanic eruption, let's chat about all the sickest fossils from 2023.
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References:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4#Tab2
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/988034
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825223000120?via%3Dihub
Long neck
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00475-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222300475X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/992718
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37545-8
Dinocephalia
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad071/7260715
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1115975109
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07945-w
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001178
Larynx
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04513-x
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-larynx-fossil-dinosaur-capable-bird-like.html
IMAGES
https://www.gettyimages.com
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00644-4#Tab2
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phragmoteuthis_conocauda.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dactylioceras_commune_auf_Posidionenschiefer.jpg
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2023/05/golden-fossils-reveal-origins-of-exceptional-preservation/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1115975109
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:275_Ma_paleoglobe.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Titanophoneus.jpg
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04513-x#Fig3e
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louisae.jpg
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227537
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_skull_recon.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_PIMUZ_T_2817_neck.jpg
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/988777
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanystropheus_meridensis_5454.jpg
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37545-8#rightslink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herrerasaurus_ischigualastensis_Illustration.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pampaphoneus_holotype_skull.png