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The Chimera crab had a mix of strange features

‘Rule-breaking’ crab fossils have weird shrimp and lobster features

24 April 2019

A newly-discovered type of crab from the Cretaceous period looks like it had the eyes of a larva, the mouth of a shrimp, and the carapace of a lobster
Patagotitan mayorum replica

Largest ever dinosaur may have been as long as 7 elephants

8 August 2017

Analysis of fossils from six Patagotitan mayorum dinosaurs suggests the animals may have weighed 62 tonnes and measured more than 35 metres from nose to tail

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