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Paleo Profile: The Head of the Devil

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Date: 2015-11-27 13:00:16
Blog: Laelaps
URL: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/27/paleo-profile-the-head-of-the-devil/

Summary:

You know a skull’s special when the researchers studying the fossil call it “the head of the devil”. And Lende chiweta, described by paleontologist Ashley Kruger and colleagues, lives up to the title. With large canines and a set of bosses jutting from its skull, this little protomammal probably looked scarier than it actually was […]

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Anatomy, bosses, colleagues, devil, head, large canines, Lende chiweta, Paleo Profile, paleontologist Ashley Kruger, researchers, set, skull

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