Overall, the discussions demonstrate a strong interest and perceived impact, with participants referencing the creature's enormous size, its evolutionary implications, and related paleontological studies, using enthusiastic language like 'giant' and 'game changer' to underscore the significance.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions recognize the significance of the discovery, emphasizing its importance in understanding prehistoric ecosystems and challenging previous assumptions.
InterestHigh interest
Posts show a high level of curiosity, with mentions of the creature's size, its implications for evolution, and references to related studies.
EngagementModerate engagement
Some discussions delve into detailed implications of the find, such as its relation to mammal evolution and prehistoric megafauna, showing thoughtful engagement.
ImpactHigh impact
The discussions suggest this finding could reshape understanding of terrestrial ecosystems in the Late Triassic, highlighting its high scientific value.
Abstract in brief
The text describes a giant early synapsid from the Late Triassic period found in Poland, measuring over 45 meters in length, 26 meters in height, and weighing around 9 tons, making it the largest land vertebrate from that time period and the last known dicynodont.
Its limb bones show evidence of rapid, continuous growth, similar to dinosaurs and mammals, which challenges previous ideas that large herbivorous animals of the Triassic were only dinosaurs.
The discovery demonstrates that non-dinosaurian mammal relatives (stem-group mammals) could grow to enormous sizes earlier than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of prehistoric terrestrial ecosystems.
Megaherbivores (herbivores >0 1000 kg) have been around for >200 million years - new study @sciencemagazine: "An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs" #megafauna #megaherbivore #reptiles #elephant #paleo https://t.co/kIeY4BYYtb
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Synapsids were the mammal-like reptiles of the Permian & early Triassic. It's this lineage that ultimately gave rise to us.
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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs https://t.co/GzZTJ1t2PL
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Francis Villatoro
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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs. A proto-mammalian giant. https://t.co/7GuE3abbrs https://t.co/IudrHSc9MO
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In 2003, a fossil in Australia was thought to represent a late-surviving Dicynodont, indicating a significant ghost lineage through the dinosaur age. This video explores whether this fossil truly reflects that lineage…
A giant early synapsid from the Late Triassic period found in Poland measures over 45 meters in length and weighs around 9 tons. Its limb bones show rapid growth, challenging previous ideas about large herbivores of…
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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs https://t.co/GzZTJ1t2PL
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Jerzy H. Czembor
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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs https://t.co/uSGNtdlHpl
Here, we describe the dicynodont Lisowicia bojani, from the Late Triassic of Poland, a gigantic synapsid ...
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Pooetryman
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Synapsids were the mammal-like reptiles of the Permian & early Triassic. It's this lineage that ultimately gave rise to us.
An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs https://t.co/Ht7AnhEsl6
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Alberto Navarro
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A proto-mammalian giant: An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs https://t.co/OEcoYwDuFM #Mammals #Evolution #OpenAccess https://t.co/alztWJDut8
Megaherbivores (herbivores >0 1000 kg) have been around for >200 million years - new study @sciencemagazine: "An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs" #megafauna #megaherbivore #reptiles #elephant #paleo https://t.co/kIeY4BYYtb
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An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs
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Niedźwiedzki, An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs, Science 10.1126/science.aal4853 (2018). Kontakt: Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki, e-post ...
An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs
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10.1126/science.aal4853. Sulej et al., Science 363, 78–80 (2019). 4 January 2019. 3 of 3. Fig. 3. Phylogeny of kannemeyeriiform dicynodonts and its relationship ...
An elephant-sized Late Triassic synapsid with erect limbs | Science
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Science. 22 Nov 2018. Vol 363, Issue 6422. pp. 78-80. DOI: 10.1126/science.aal4853 · PREVIOUS ARTICLE. Metagenomic sequencing at the epicenter of the ...