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Knobbly reptile roamed vast ancient desert - Permian

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24-06-2013 10:15pm

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23032892

Climatic conditions may have conspired to corral Bunostegos - along with several other reptiles, amphibians, and plants - and keep them constrained to the central, arid area of the supercontinent.

"Our work supports the theory that central Pangea was climatically isolated, allowing a unique relict fauna to persist into the Late Permian," said Christian Sidor, another author of the paper.

This surprised the scientists because areas outside this central region show fossil evidence of regular faunal interchange.

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#2 26-06-2013 10:21am
Rubecula

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Good grief I was dating her, How did you get her to smile All I could manage was a sneer.

Actually I like the post, thanks for posting.:)

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#3 26-06-2013 6:21pm
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Just read about this last night :B You beat me to it

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