Juan D. Porfiri

We start the year with excellent news! New advances in the study of Megaraptor have been published in a prestigious international journal: Annals of Carnegie Museum. This achievement not only highlights the team's effort and dedication but also underscores the scientific significance of this discovery, being recognized in a highly respected journal with global reach in the paleontological community.

Annals of Carnegie Museum is a prominent publication in the field of natural sciences, known for disseminating high-quality research that contributes to the understanding of past and present biodiversity. Publishing in this journal involves a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring that the work meets the highest academic standards.

Congratulations to the team for this outstanding work, which not only enhances our understanding of Megaraptor (my favorite dinosaur 😁) but also places national research on the global stage. Each day, we learn more about this fascinating species, and contributions like this are key to continuing to reconstruct the history of life, with an important contribution from Patagonia.

Morphological and Phylogenetic Significance of the First Adult Humerus of the Patagonian Cretaceous Theropod Megaraptor namunhuaiquii Novas, 1998 Megaraptorans are medium- to large-bodied tetanuran theropod dinosaurs known from Cretaceous deposits in Asia, Australia, and especially South America. The megaraptoran skeleton is far from well known, and the humerus is one of the least-frequently preserved elements. Here we describe the first-docu...

Cretaceous bird from Brazil informs the evolution of the avian skull and brain - Nature The exceptionally preserved skull of a starling-sized fossil bird from 80 million years ago allows reconstruction of the brain, enabling detailed endocranial description of an archaic bird that is evolutionarily intermediate between Archaeopteryx and living birds.

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The cranial morphology of the Komodo dragon exhibits a pronounced adaptation to feeding behavior, characterized by a highly fenestrated skull and sharp ziphodont teeth, this study found: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.8.121149

Universität Hamburg

https://mapress.com/bpn/article/view/bpn.1.3.2/bpn.1.3.2

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Sea level controls on Ediacaran-Cambrian animal radiations The record of Ediacaran-Cambrian biodiversity is biased, but radiations, marine oxygenation, and eustatic sea level are linked.

Nota del dia de hoy en National Geographic. 💪

Registran en Argentina a una nueva especie de dinosaurio carnívoro que vivió hace 83 millones de años - National Geographic en Español El Diuqin lechiguanae es un dinosaurio carnívoro relacionado con las aves y los velociraptores y único representante de los unenlagiinae para ese momento.

Chemical and structural imaging of Komodo dragon teeth reveals that they maintain their sharp cutting edges through iron-enriched coatings, a unique adaptation compared with theropod dinosaurs, according to a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. Read the paper: https://go.nature.com/4ffWZXh