Mammalodon colliveri

Mammalodon colliveri http://bit.ly/7SBsqZ: Ancient toothed-whale recently hypothesized to have subsisted by sucking mud from the sea bottom.


FOM: Mammalodon colliveris (in visWiki)

Ancient whale sucked mud for food

Australian Fossil Unlocks Secrets to the Origin of Whales

Erich M.G. Fitzgerald. The morphology and systematics of Mammalodon colliveri (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010; DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00572.x

The morphology and systematics of Mammalodon colliveri (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia
ERICH M. G. FITZGERALD 1,2,3 *
1 School of Geosciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia 2 Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia 3 Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, NHB MRC 108, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Painting by Carl Buell on flickr

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Sinornithosaurus

Sinornithosaurus milleni image licensed under Creative Commons by Cryptonaut

Sinornithosaurus http://bit.ly/6k7W35: Recently hypothesized (as) venomous dinosaur - due to the finding that its teeth/fangs are/were grooved. (Still, impossible to prove...sorry to say...).

FOM: Bird-like dinosaur was 'venomous'

Poisonous Prehistoric 'Raptor' Discovered in China

University of Kansas (2009, December 22). Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered in China. ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 27, 2009, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2009/12/091221212630.htm

Sinornithosaurus Pictures


Sinornithosaurus - Wikispecies

Sinornithosaurus (visWiki)

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