Olduvai George does it again: another gorgeous, art-filled post on ancient and modern crocodiles, including a reconstruction of the recently discovered Triassic Effigia.
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Crocs!
Category: Organisms • Science
Posted on: February 1, 2006 11:03 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: lt.kizhe | February 1, 2006 11:15 AM
Effigia was the subject of a Stephen Colbert rant the other night -- how it disproves evolution, yadda yadda -- and BTW, the fossil was dug up by someone called Colbert. Amusing as usual.
Posted by: Kitty | February 1, 2006 11:53 AM
Dude, those are rad pics! The old "crocs as living fossils" chestnut is just blown out of the water by finds like these.
Posted by: Steviepinhead | February 1, 2006 1:21 PM
As mentioned before, the "Hox Cluster Disintegration" link does not seem to be working correctly...
Posted by: Steviepinhead | February 1, 2006 1:23 PM
But the croc illustrations are indeed delicious!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 1, 2006 8:02 PM
Oh how I love the drawings Olduvai George posts! They're truly awesome.