World's first herbivorous marine reptile found

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
CHICAGO. A bizarre crocodile-sized 'hammerhead' creature, that lived 242 million years ago in what today is southern China, may have been the earliest known example of a plant-eating marine reptile, scientists say ... "It's a very strange animal ... "The jaw structure is clearly that of an herbivore ... "Animals living the years surrounding the Permian-Triassic extinction help us see how life on earth reacted to that event," said Rieppel ... ....

World's first plant-eating marine reptile found

Edit The Times of India 07 May 2016
CHICAGO. A bizarre crocodile-sized "hammerhead" creature, that lived 242 million years ago in today's southern China, may have been the earliest known example of a plant-eating marine reptile, researchers have said ... "It's a very strange animal ... "The jaw structure is clearly that of an herbivore ... "Animals living the years surrounding the Permian-Triassic extinction help us see how life on earth reacted to that event," said Rieppel ... ....

Fossils of first plant-eating marine reptile found

Edit The Hindu 07 May 2016
A bizarre crocodile-sized ’hammerhead’ creature, that lived 242 million years ago in what today is southern China may have been the earliest known example of a plant-eating marine reptile, researchers have said ... Very strange animal. “It’s a very strange animal ... Rieppel ... “Animals living the years surrounding the Permian-Triassic extinction help us see how life on earth reacted to that event,” said Mr....

Extinct ‘Hammerhead’ Reptile Species Was A Vegetarian That Lived 242 Million Years Ago

Edit Inquisitr 07 May 2016
An extinct species of reptile that roamed the earth’s oceans long before even the first dinosaurs arrived could turn out to be the first ever vegetarian reptile species to have ever lived ... In fact, even its name translates to ” “unique strangely toothed” ... After dating the fossil, archeologists found out that the hammerhead reptile lived during the middle Triassic era – more than 242 million years ago ... W....

Extinct reptile may have been first vegetarian, resembling 'Dr. Seuss' creature

Edit The Examiner 07 May 2016
The first sample of this 243-million-year-old hammerhead was unearthed in China in 2014, but on Friday, scientists announced the discovery of new fossils from the strange crocodile-sized, plant-eating reptile ... Seuss ... There is absolutely nothing like it alive today." The team who unearthed the new fossils are continuing the dig, hoping to unearth more clues about this Triassic Toro. ....

Scientists Describe Weird Ancient Hammerhead Reptile

Edit Voa News 07 May 2016
It was a creature so outlandish that scientists say it reminds them of the fanciful beasts conjured up by Dr. Seuss ... But two new fossil specimens, described in research published in the journal Science Advances, resolved the matter ... Atopodentatus appeared during the Triassic Period relatively soon after the biggest mass extinction of species in Earth's history, illustrating that life was bouncing back nicely ... ....

'Hammerhead' creature was world's first plant-eating marine reptile

Edit Science Daily 06 May 2016
Newly-discovered fossils of the Triassic marine reptile Atopodentatus unicus have revealed that the animal had a bizarre hammerhead-shaped jaw apparatus. It used its strange jaw to feed on plants, making it the first herbivorous marine reptile ... ....

How and why life evolved from single-cell organisms to multicellular life (University of the Witwatersrand)

Edit Public Technologies 04 May 2016
(Source. University of the Witwatersrand). 4 May 2016 - Wits University. Multicellular life evolved from single cells numerous times, but explaining how this happened is one of the major evolutionary puzzles of our time ... pectorale belongs ... The volvocines also evolved relatively recently (during the Triassic period about the time when the first dinosaurs appeared) and the mysteries of multicellularity are not lost in evolutionary time....

whitecap resources inc. announces first quarter 2016 results (Whitecap Resources Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 04 May 2016
(Source. Whitecap Resources Inc) bd58b86c-1a03-4a5a-9322-cf0add82bcf8.pdf ... 2016 ... We successfully drilled 24 (23.6 net) oil wells in the quarter including 15 (14.8 net) horizontal Viking wells in west central Saskatchewan, 4 (3.9 net) horizontal Cardium wells in Pembina, 1 (1.0 net) horizontal Cardium well in southwest Alberta, 2 (2.0 net) Dunvegan wells in northwest Alberta and 2 (1.9) Boundary Lake (Triassic) wells in British Columbia....

Record Production, Strong Cash Flow and Significantly Reduced Costs Highlight Tourmaline's First Quarter

Edit Stockhouse 04 May 2016
(TSX ... CASH COST STRUCTURE ... Tourmaline's expansive Triassic Charlie Lake light oil complex also represents a very large light oil growth opportunity. All the necessary infrastructure is in place to accommodate up to 12,500 bpd of incremental oil production growth within approximately 12 months. The Upper Charlie Lake play is profitable on a full-cycle basis at oil prices of approximately $30.00-35.00/bbl (WTI) ... MDT (11.00 a.m....

Vivid Sydney at Chatswood – Precinct Sneak Peak! (Willoughby City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 02 May 2016
(Source. Willoughby City Council). Vivid Sydney at Chatswood - Precinct Sneak Peak!. 02 May 2016 ... The world's largest festival of light, music and ideas ... Gondwana Light Lab. The Concourse, Victoria Avenue. Artists ... The dramatic metallic blades of Chatswood's cultural hub, The Concourse, will be the backdrop to Gondwana Light Lab, a fascinating and futuristic exploration of creatures from the Triassic southern supercontinent ... Artists ... Artists....

Cretaceous Bird Fossil Suggests Similar Digestive Features As Modern Birds

Edit IFL Science 29 Apr 2016
Researchers studying a 120-million-year-old fossilized bird from China discovered a compacted, football-shaped cluster of fish bones nearby. Many birds form these so-called pellets out of indigestible food items (like bones) in their digestive tract, and then regurgitate them ... During the Mesozoic Era (which includes the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods), Enantiornithes was the most successful bird lineage ... Image in the text. M....

Brixton Metals Acquires The Past Producer Hudson Bay Silver Mine (Brixton Metals Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source. Brixton Metals Corporation). April 28, 2016 - Brixton Metals Corporation (TSXV. BBB) (the 'Company' or 'Brixton') is pleased to announce that it has acquired 100% control over the past producing Hudson Bay silver mine in the Cobalt mining camp of Ontario ... The Thorn project hosts a district scale Triassic to Cretaceous volcano-plutonic complex with several styles of mineralization related to porphyry and epithermal environments....
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