Recently became more interested in Paleontology and my big focus on the moment is marine reptiles from all time periods (most books are on the Mesozoic ones which is completely fair).…
A remarkably preserved, mummified reptile from 289 million years ago is rewriting what we know about how animals first breathed on land. This tiny creature, Captorhinus aguti, reveals the earliest known version of the rib-powered breathing system used by…