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Para-whatsit quite a mouthful then, too
Para-whatsit quite a mouthful then, too
Scientists searching for fossils high in the Andes in Chile have unearthed the remains of a tank-like mammal related to armadillos that grazed 18 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago
tags para-whatsit fossil andes chile tank like mammal
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 diana
8 months ago
Wow, it is amazing how many new discoveries are being made about ancient animals and new ones!
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 dollylla...
8 months ago
Wait a sec. In the first sentence they say it's related to the armadillo. In the second sentence they say:

"It looks different than almost anything out on the landscape today. There really isn't anything that's comparable today in terms of its body form," said John Flynn of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

And it looks distinctly similar to an armadillo. What am I missing?
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 sofsr
8 months ago
« dollyllama:Wait a sec. In the first sentence they say it's related to the armadillo. In the second sentence they say:

"It looks different than almost anything out on the landscape today. There really isn't anything that's comparable today in terms of its body form," said John Flynn of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

And it looks distinctly similar to an armadillo. What am I missing?
"Parapropalaehoplophorus was covered by a shell of immovable armoured plates, different from the hinged rows of plates on today's armadillos."
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 dollylla...
8 months ago
« sofsr : "Parapropalaehoplophorus was covered by a shell of immovable armoured plates, different from the hinged rows of plates on today's armadillos."
Granted but still to say there "isn't anything that's comparable" is a misstatement. An armadillo is comparable.
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