It Came From the Swamp! 😱 40 million years before the first dinosaurs evolved, a ferocious predator lurked in swampy waters. Meet Gaiasia jennyae, the swamp creature with wide, interlocking jaws and a toilet seat-shaped head! Learn more about what this fossil teaches postdoctoral researcher Jason Pardo about tetrapod evolution via The New York Times. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gBm7N6Zu 🎨: Gabriel Lio
Toilet-seat shaped. Now there’s a descriptor you don’t hear frequently.
Was this a descendant of the crassigyrinus from the Carboniferous?
Amazing, interesting discovery 💀
Professor at Benedictine University
1moMark Alvey (Academic Communications Manager at Field) said it best: "Swamp thing . . . you make my heart zing. You make everything . . . toothy" And there are some fossil echinoderms (edrioasteroids) described as resembling Scottish Tam O' Shanter hats. We need to get creative when describing anatomy ;)