Posted on 01/02/2019 11:06:01 AM PST by ETL
Pterosaurs may have scared frenzied tourists in 2015's "Jurassic World," but a newly classified species of the ancient reptile may have scared the wits out of its prey during the Jurassic era because of its massive fangs, a trait largely unseen in any of its relatives.
Known as Klobiodon rochei (which means "cage tooth"), the species was discovered after bone fragments were taken from Stonefield Slate — an area, approximately 10 miles northwest of Oxford, described as a "rich source of Jurassic fossils." It was where the Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur discovered in Britain, was found.
"Klobiodon has been known to us for centuries, archived in a museum drawer and seen by dozens or hundreds of scientists, but its significance has been overlooked because it's been confused with another species since the 1800s,” University of Portsmouth paleontologist Michael O'Sullivan said in a statement.
The flying reptile lived approximately 166 million years ago and had inch-long teeth that locked together, similar to a cage, Dr. O'Sullivan added. "Its large fangs would have meshed together to form a toothy cage, from which little could escape once Klobiodon had gotten a hold of it," he said.
Klobiodon gets its moniker from famed comic book artist Nick Roche. The research has been published in the scientific journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
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Every day. Every season. When the apples will fall and when the frost will come. Always the same, year after year. It is not the life for him. So when a storm brings with it a strange visitor, a knight named Baird, Rowan seizes the opportunity and leaves his home behind.
Ah, the elusive WTFizatosaurus!
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Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
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