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New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur — an exti…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Brazil #CarnianPluvialEpisode #Fossil #Gondwana #Herbivory #Hyperodapedon #Hyperodapedontinae #Isodapedon #Isodapedonvarzealis #jaw #Reptile #Rhynchosaur #Rhynchosauria #Skull #SouthAmerica #Triassic
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New Fossil from Brazil Reveals Unexpected Diversity among Pre-Dinosaur Herbivores
Paleontologists in Brazil have identified a new genus and species of hyperodapedontine rhynchosaur — an exti…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Brazil #CarnianPluvialEpisode #Fossil #Gondwana #Herbivory #Hyperodapedon #Hyperodapedontinae #Isodapedon #Isodapedonvarzealis #jaw #Reptile #Rhynchosaur #Rhynchosauria #Skull #SouthAmerica #Triassic
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New publication: #Epigenomic response to #insect #herbivory in Lombardy #poplar: assessing geographic variation in #DNA #methylation changes.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-025-01727-4 -
New publication: #Epigenomic response to #insect #herbivory in Lombardy #poplar: assessing geographic variation in #DNA #methylation changes.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-025-01727-4 -
New publication: #Epigenomic response to #insect #herbivory in Lombardy #poplar: assessing geographic variation in #DNA #methylation changes.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-025-01727-4 -
New publication: #Epigenomic response to #insect #herbivory in Lombardy #poplar: assessing geographic variation in #DNA #methylation changes.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-025-01727-4 -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/366312/ 280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Evidence of Land Predators Attacking Herbivores #ApexPredator #Carnivory #Diadectes #DiadectesSideropelicus #Éire #fossil #Herbivory #IE #Ireland #NorthAmerica #Permian #Science #Texas #UnitedStates #ValeFormation
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/331316/ 307-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Plant-Eating Land Vertebrate Found in Canada #Amniota #Canada #CapeBretonIsland #Carboniferous #Éire #fossil #Herbivory #IE #Ireland #Microsaur #NorthAmerica #NovaScotia #Pantylidae #Science #Teeth #Tetrapod #Tyrannoroter #TyrannoroterHeberti #Vertebrate
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Soil conditions mediate cucumber-root (Medeola virginiana) plant responses to #White_tailedDeer #Herbivory#SoilAcidification | #EcologicalIndicator | #Lime | #Herbicide | #SoilChemistry
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Jinan Lu et al. explored #Silicon mediates geographic variation of herbivory-related traits in a widespread plant invader.
#BiologicalInvasion | #Herbivory | #LatitudinalVariation | #PlantDefenses | #InvasionEcology | #SpeciesInteraction
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/199053/ Transcriptomic analysis of a compatible tobacco-herbivore interaction and the role of jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine hydrolase 1 in response to growth/defense trade-off | BMC Plant Biology #Agriculture #CRISPRCas9 #Éire #Growth/defenseTradeOff #Herbivory #IE #Ireland #JasmonoylLIsoleucineHydrolase(JIH1) #NNicotianaTabacum(tobacco) #PlantSciences #Science #Transcriptomics #TreeBiology
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I love how delightfully diabolical evolution can be.
A new article in Annual Review of Entomology is about the plant pathogens that are vectored between plants by herbivorous insects. These plant pathogens invade plant tissues and make plants sick. To get between plants they hitch a ride inside plant-feeding insects. The healthier the insect the more plants it will feed on.
So, what do the microbes do? They manufacture chemicals that make their insect hosts stronger. Several ways that they do this have been discovered "from balancing a nutritionally deficient diet" to "upgrading its defensive biochemistry against natural enemies."
Wild!
"Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts" by
Aileen Berasategui and Hassan Salemhttps://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013411
#entomology #SpeciesInteractions #mutualism #ecology #PlantPathogens #Herbivory #insects
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I love how delightfully diabolical evolution can be.
A new article in Annual Review of Entomology is about the plant pathogens that are vectored between plants by herbivorous insects. These plant pathogens invade plant tissues and make plants sick. To get between plants they hitch a ride inside plant-feeding insects. The healthier the insect the more plants it will feed on.
So, what do the microbes do? They manufacture chemicals that make their insect hosts stronger. Several ways that they do this have been discovered "from balancing a nutritionally deficient diet" to "upgrading its defensive biochemistry against natural enemies."
Wild!
"Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts" by
Aileen Berasategui and Hassan Salemhttps://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013411
#entomology #SpeciesInteractions #mutualism #ecology #PlantPathogens #Herbivory #insects
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I love how delightfully diabolical evolution can be.
A new article in Annual Review of Entomology is about the plant pathogens that are vectored between plants by herbivorous insects. These plant pathogens invade plant tissues and make plants sick. To get between plants they hitch a ride inside plant-feeding insects. The healthier the insect the more plants it will feed on.
So, what do the microbes do? They manufacture chemicals that make their insect hosts stronger. Several ways that they do this have been discovered "from balancing a nutritionally deficient diet" to "upgrading its defensive biochemistry against natural enemies."
Wild!
"Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts" by
Aileen Berasategui and Hassan Salemhttps://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013411
#entomology #SpeciesInteractions #mutualism #ecology #PlantPathogens #Herbivory #insects
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I love how delightfully diabolical evolution can be.
A new article in Annual Review of Entomology is about the plant pathogens that are vectored between plants by herbivorous insects. These plant pathogens invade plant tissues and make plants sick. To get between plants they hitch a ride inside plant-feeding insects. The healthier the insect the more plants it will feed on.
So, what do the microbes do? They manufacture chemicals that make their insect hosts stronger. Several ways that they do this have been discovered "from balancing a nutritionally deficient diet" to "upgrading its defensive biochemistry against natural enemies."
Wild!
"Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts" by
Aileen Berasategui and Hassan Salemhttps://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013411
#entomology #SpeciesInteractions #mutualism #ecology #PlantPathogens #Herbivory #insects
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I love how delightfully diabolical evolution can be.
A new article in Annual Review of Entomology is about the plant pathogens that are vectored between plants by herbivorous insects. These plant pathogens invade plant tissues and make plants sick. To get between plants they hitch a ride inside plant-feeding insects. The healthier the insect the more plants it will feed on.
So, what do the microbes do? They manufacture chemicals that make their insect hosts stronger. Several ways that they do this have been discovered "from balancing a nutritionally deficient diet" to "upgrading its defensive biochemistry against natural enemies."
Wild!
"Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts" by
Aileen Berasategui and Hassan Salemhttps://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013411
#entomology #SpeciesInteractions #mutualism #ecology #PlantPathogens #Herbivory #insects
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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Watch out: the weather is warming and the American ragwort aphids are *multiplying*.
American ragwort aphids specialise on Senecio plants, of which NZ has many species, including some threatened endemic species.
The aphid arrived in NZ (somehow) in 2023, and has since got to work munching on our plants. The American aphids are also now being tended and protected by exotic Australian ants.
In the South Island these aphids are still restricted to Christchurch city (at least based on observations on #iNaturalist and #GBIF).
It would be great if you could keep a look out for them in other places. They're the only big black aphid in NZ (black bodies and legs).
Here are three of my observations of them from this month.
#aphids #PlantInsectInteractions #herbivory #BiologicalInvasions #NZ #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ #insects #entomology
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The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
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The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
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The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
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The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
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The kōwhai trees are in fabulous full bloom across Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ. They're blooming about a month late this year and are making up for that with a huge number of flowers.
That's making the korimako and kererū in the Cashmere hills happy. The korimako are pollinating the kōwhai flowers, which I guess also makes the kōwhai happy, to the extent that a kōwhai tree can be happy. The kererū, on the other hand, are eating the kowhai's flowers and young leaves.
korimako: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315198237
kererū: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/315196715#NZ #nature #Christchurch #Ōtautahi #birds #pollination #herbivory #Anthornis #Hemiphaga #kererū #korimako
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Yellow Sand Verbena (Abronia latifolia) has some unique adaptations: it relies on salt water to survive and uses psammophory—coating itself with sand—to deter herbivores.
#herbivory #saltwater #plants #wildflowers #nature #wildlife #california
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Gumplants (Grindelia species) produce a sticky resin that may help deter grazing insects and protect flower buds from intense sunlight.
#resins #herbivory #sunscreen #plants #wildflowers #nature #wildlife #california
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New publication: Herbivory-induced green leaf #volatiles increase plant performance through #jasmonate-dependent plant–soil feedbacks. #herbivory #agriculture #leafvolatiles
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01987-x -
New publication: Herbivory-induced green leaf #volatiles increase plant performance through #jasmonate-dependent plant–soil feedbacks. #herbivory #agriculture #leafvolatiles
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01987-x -
New publication: Herbivory-induced green leaf #volatiles increase plant performance through #jasmonate-dependent plant–soil feedbacks. #herbivory #agriculture #leafvolatiles
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01987-x -
🚨Threat detected!🚨
Combining #molecular and #chemical analyses, #bioactivity tests and #insect performance bioassays, Chen et al. report on elicitors in the frass of striped stem borer (SSB) #larvae. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13852
@wileyplantsci
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#JIPB paper, Song et al. tease out the complex mechanisms behind #jasmonate-regulated #floral defense in #Arabidopsis!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13818
@wileyplantsci
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#JIPB paper, Song et al. tease out the complex mechanisms behind #jasmonate-regulated #floral defense in #Arabidopsis!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13818
@wileyplantsci
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#JIPB paper, Song et al. tease out the complex mechanisms behind #jasmonate-regulated #floral defense in #Arabidopsis!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13818
@wileyplantsci
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#JIPB paper, Song et al. tease out the complex mechanisms behind #jasmonate-regulated #floral defense in #Arabidopsis!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13818
@wileyplantsci
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There's a tiny native mite in NZ, about 1/10 mm long, called Eriophyes totarae, that only feeds on the buds of male tōtara trees.
I learned about them this month when Rene, a PhD student at #LincolnUniversityNZ studying tōtara seed and seedling ecology, asked me what the aborted buds were on a tōtara branch. We looked it up and learned of these tiny mites.
I've since found some in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city.
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There's a tiny native mite in NZ, about 1/10 mm long, called Eriophyes totarae, that only feeds on the buds of male tōtara trees.
I learned about them this month when Rene, a PhD student at #LincolnUniversityNZ studying tōtara seed and seedling ecology, asked me what the aborted buds were on a tōtara branch. We looked it up and learned of these tiny mites.
I've since found some in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city.
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Now ahead of print for Amarasekare's VP Symposium: "Interactive Effects of Temperature, Aridity, and Plant Stoichiometry on Insect Herbivory: Past and Present" by Swain et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731995
#temperature #aridity #plant #insect #herbivory #stoichiometry
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Now ahead of print for Amarasekare's VP Symposium: "Interactive Effects of Temperature, Aridity, and Plant Stoichiometry on Insect Herbivory: Past and Present" by Swain et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731995
#temperature #aridity #plant #insect #herbivory #stoichiometry
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Now ahead of print for Amarasekare's VP Symposium: "Interactive Effects of Temperature, Aridity, and Plant Stoichiometry on Insect Herbivory: Past and Present" by Swain et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731995
#temperature #aridity #plant #insect #herbivory #stoichiometry
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Now ahead of print for Amarasekare's VP Symposium: "Interactive Effects of Temperature, Aridity, and Plant Stoichiometry on Insect Herbivory: Past and Present" by Swain et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731995
#temperature #aridity #plant #insect #herbivory #stoichiometry
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Now ahead of print for Amarasekare's VP Symposium: "Interactive Effects of Temperature, Aridity, and Plant Stoichiometry on Insect Herbivory: Past and Present" by Swain et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/731995
#temperature #aridity #plant #insect #herbivory #stoichiometry
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The legacy of the extinct #megafauna (sensus https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27749-9) in the Colombian Dry Forest: Ceiba, Zanthoxylum, a palm.
#Evolutionary_anachronism
#anachronism #herbivory #spines #plant_defenses @ecology @plants @botany @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @evolution -
The legacy of the extinct #megafauna (sensus https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27749-9) in the Colombian Dry Forest: Ceiba, Zanthoxylum, a palm.
#Evolutionary_anachronism
#anachronism #herbivory #spines #plant_defenses @ecology @plants @botany @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @evolution -
The legacy of the extinct #megafauna (sensus https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27749-9) in the Colombian Dry Forest: Ceiba, Zanthoxylum, a palm.
#Evolutionary_anachronism
#anachronism #herbivory #spines #plant_defenses @ecology @plants @botany @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @evolution -
The legacy of the extinct #megafauna (sensus https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27749-9) in the Colombian Dry Forest: Ceiba, Zanthoxylum, a palm.
#Evolutionary_anachronism
#anachronism #herbivory #spines #plant_defenses @ecology @plants @botany @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @evolution -
The legacy of the extinct #megafauna (sensus https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27749-9) in the Colombian Dry Forest: Ceiba, Zanthoxylum, a palm.
#Evolutionary_anachronism
#anachronism #herbivory #spines #plant_defenses @ecology @plants @botany @plantscience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @evolution -
New Aetosaur Species Unearthed in Texas https://www.sci.news/paleontology/garzapelta-muelleri-12617.html
#Garzapelta muelleri gen. et sp. nov., a new #aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late #Triassic... and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of the aetosaurian dorsal carapace https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25379
"#Aetosauria is a group of quadrupedal, armored #reptiles whose terrestrial #ecology is inferred as including both #herbivory and #omnivory"
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New Aetosaur Species Unearthed in Texas https://www.sci.news/paleontology/garzapelta-muelleri-12617.html
#Garzapelta muelleri gen. et sp. nov., a new #aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late #Triassic... and its implications on our understanding of the morphological disparity of the aetosaurian dorsal carapace https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25379
"#Aetosauria is a group of quadrupedal, armored #reptiles whose terrestrial #ecology is inferred as including both #herbivory and #omnivory"