Gorgons survived a mass extinction

 

Image courtesy of Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0. 

Joel Kontinen

 Scientists tell us that 90% of all species went extinct during the "Great Dying" around 252 million years ago, But new research shows that in  the case of one paleo-beast — the so-called gorgon — reports of its death were greatly exaggerated.

Now they say that some of these so-called gorgons survived into the Triassic period. However, they didn't survive long, making them a "dead clade walking," the team said.

They say  that “An analysis of three specimens found in the Karoo Basin in South Africa reveals that this saber-toothed group, known as gorgonopsians, the dominant predators during the late Permian period, managed to survive the "Great Dying."

'Dead clade walking' is a term used in the evolutionary science to refer to extinction studies that refers to when a group of organisms technically survives a mass extinction, but is so damaged by it that they never recover. 

Source: 

 Geggel, Laura. 2022. Monstrous 'gorgons' survived a mass extinction, but they were a 'dead clade walking'.  Live Science 5 December 

Researchers have found dinosaur footprints in Wales

 

Images courtesy of Peter Falkingham/Natural History Museum.  

Joel Kontinen

Researchers have found dinosaur footprints in Wales that according to evolutionists date more than 200 million years,

Dinosaur footprints found on a beach in south Wales are actually a "trackway" of footprints , 

The imprints in Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan, were reported to researchers in 2020, sparking a wide-ranging study into their origins.

It is believed the footprints are from an early ancestor of the giant diplodocus, and date back to the Triassic period.

The footprints have been scanned using state-of-the-art 3D imaging technology but will be left in place until they are eroded by the sea.

The study into the footprints was conducted by a group of palaeontologist from Cardiff University, National Museum Wales, Natural History Museum, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Lyon.

Source:

Dinosaur footprints in Penarth date back 200 million years BBC News. 30 December. 

Ancient beetle found in dinosaur dung

Image courtesy of Current Biology, 

Joel Kontinen

 Coprolites or animal dung can often  consist of disappointment or even surprises, Recently, A corporile in Poland was dated with the Triassic period, some 230 million years ago ,

The researchers found “ incredibly preserved, nearly complete insects just 1.4 millimeters long, as well as fragments like heads, antennae, and legs, they report recently in Current Biology.”

“The new species came from dung presumed to have been excreted by Silesaurus opolensis, a beaked dinosaur ancestor about 2.3 meters in length.”

The fossil was a beetle named Triamyxa coprolithica.  .

 Source:

Raghavan. Akila, 2021,  This ancient beetle is the first new species discovered in fossilized poop Science  30 June, 

Evolution shaped these creatures into awesome, breathtakingly efficient flyers, says University of Portsmouth professor

 

Image courtesy of Davide Bonadonna), fair use doctrine, 

Joel Kontinen

The pterosaur is an enigma for evolution, They were almost too heavy to fly, 

Pterosaurs were almost too heavy for evolution to cope with them. And the giraffe-sized flying creature defied Darwinian explanations. Moreover, a rapid burial of pterosaurs suggests Noah’s flood.

But now the evolutionists ave found a unique structure that gives them the power of flight.  

But now they have found a unique structure that gives them the power of flight.  

 Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs, but lived alongside them after emerging during the late Triassic period, about 225 million years ago, until they vanished from the fossil record at the end of it,  

Source:

Geggel Laura . 2021, Bizarre neck bones helped support their giraffe-size necks and huge heads Live Science  15 April.