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Naming evolution's winners and losers
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mammals and many species of birds and fish are among evolution's "winners," while crocodiles, alligators and a reptile cousin of snakes known as the tuatara are among the losers, according ...
Research could help save tuatara from extinction
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Kim Miller could help to successfully manage tuatara and skink populations in danger of becoming extinct.
Rare reptile hatchling found on NZ mainland
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday.
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Tuatara, the fastest evolving animal
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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In a study of New Zealand’s “living dinosaur” the tuatara, evolutionary biologist, and ancient DNA expert, Professor David Lambert and his team from the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution recovered DNA ...
Tuatara evolving faster than any other species
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Feb 29, 2008 |
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New DNA research has questioned previous notions about the evolution of the tuatara.
Early Land Animals Could Walk and Run Like Mammals, New Study Finds
Mar 08, 2006 |
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Salamanders and the tuatara, a lizard-like animal that has lived on Earth for 225 million years, were the first vertebrates to walk and run on land, according to a recent study by Ohio University researchers.
Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory on Its Head
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 18, 2006 |
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An international team led by University of Adelaide palaeontologist Trevor Worthy has discovered a unique, primitive type of land mammal that lived at least 16 million years ago on New Zealand.
Bird-like Dinosaur Is Oldest Raptor Discovered in South America
Oct 12, 2005 |
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Researchers have discovered the 90-million-year-old fossil remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species in Patagonia. Buitreraptor (pronounced bwee-tree-rap-tor) gonzalezorum -- the oldest member ever ...
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