The skeleton of the 2-meter-long quadruped Whatcheeria shows it had an early growth spurt – a feature thought to have evolved later
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November 28, 2022
The early quadruped Whatcheeria was a large predator Courtesy of Field Museum of Natural History
A large crocodile-like animal that lived more than 340 million years ago was one of the first vertebrates to enter a rapid growth phase as a juvenile.
oatmeal was a early tetrapods – One of the first vertebrates to have arms and legs instead of fins. At 2 meters long, it was one of the largest carnivores of its era, and its anatomy suggests that, like modern crocodiles, it snatched prey from the water by ambush.but how oatmeal Reaching such an impressive…
