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I've been making my way through the September 2008 Journal of Paleontology, and so there was "A new desmatosuchine aetosaur (Archosauria; Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas," "A juvenile skull of the primitive African ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki from the 'Stormberg' of South Africa," and "The anatomy, affinity, and phylogenetic significance of Illemoraspis kirkinskayae (Osteostraci) from the Devonian of Siberia."
"The lengths that I will go to, the distance in your eyes..." greygirlbeast 2008
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Yesterday, I began reading Joan Druett's She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea (2000), and also read "A juvenile skull of the primitive ornithischian dinosaur Heterodontosaurus tucki from the 'Stromberg' of South Africa" (from the September 2008 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology).
Stealing daylight greygirlbeast 2008
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The tiny 4.5 cm-long skull of the species Heterodontosaurus is described in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology
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This deer is an herbivore, but males grow fang-like canines similar to those possessed by Heterodontosaurus.
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Experts had thought that Heterodontosaurus was an exclusive vegetarian, and males alone possessed the exaggerated canine teeth for display or defence.
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"This discovery is important because for the first time we can examine how Heterodontosaurus changed as it grew," said the study's lead author, Richard Butler of the Natural History Museum, in London.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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It's therefore an open question as to why Heterodontosaurus possessed a more mammalian tooth strategy.
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It's therefore an open question as to why Heterodontosaurus possessed a more mammalian tooth strategy.
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"Also, unlike other early plant-eating dinosaurs, Heterodontosaurus has large, powerful arms and sharp, re-curved claws on its hands, again similar to those of meat-eating dinosaurs," she said, adding that "perhaps Heterodontosaurus represents a transition stage."
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"Heterodontosaurus is unusual among dinosaurs - and all reptiles - in that its teeth dramatically change shape along the jaw,"
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