August 2023 PMID 37550649

First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales.

Zi-Chen Fang, Jiang-Li Li, Chun-Bo Yan, Ya-Rui Zou, Li Tian, Bi Zhao, Michael J Benton, Long Cheng, Xu-Long Lai

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What people are saying

Several posts highlight the connection between Hupehsuchus and modern filter-feeding whales, such as discussions mentioning the 'soft-tissue derived filtration apparatus' that suggests an evolutionary adaptation. Phrases like 'very cool specimen' show enthusiasm, while comments questioning the presence of a filtration apparatus suggest a nuanced dialogue, indicating varying levels of acceptance and scrutiny within the discussions.

AgreementModerate agreement

The majority of discussions reflect a supportive perspective towards the findings of the publication, though a few skeptics question the conclusions.

InterestHigh interest

There's considerable curiosity about the evolutionary significance of Hupehsuchus and its similarities to baleen whales.

EngagementModerate engagement

Some contributors engage deeply with the research, discussing specifics like the filtration apparatus and the implications for understanding early marine ecosystems.

ImpactModerate impact

While many participants recognize the publication's relevance, a few express skepticism about the claims, leading to a more cautious view of its overall impact.

Abstract in brief

  • The study examines the cranial similarities between the Early Triassic marine reptile Hupehsuchus and modern baleen whales, highlighting evolutionary convergence in their skull structures.
  • The research identifies key morphological traits, such as a specialized snout and enlarged buccal cavity, that suggest Hupehsuchus practiced effective filter feeding methods similar to those of contemporary baleen whales.
  • The findings imply that the ecological conditions in the Early Triassic drove Hupehsuchus to feed on zooplankton, contributing to the recovery of marine ecosystems after a major extinction event.

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Dactylioceras
@Dinoh555 · X

First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t.co/3MLCXDNL18 Artwork by Shunyi Shu https://t.co/PeatrzWeFC

Aug 8, 2023 · 124 likes · 42 shares · 2,485 followers View post →
Paléontologie
@PaleontologieFr · X

Le mode d'alimentation par filtrage des baleines existait bien avant elles : #Hupehsuchus, un reptile marin de 250 Ma trouvé en

Aug 11, 2023 · 112 likes · 20 shares · 2,411 followers View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales. BMC Ecol Evo23, 36 (2023). https://t.co/dcxLGUlT43

Aug 8, 2023 · 30 likes · 9 shares · 31,834 followers View post →
パンテオン(半遁モード)
@pantheo27705718 · X

フーペイスクスのことですね 中国の研究者、湖北省で恐竜と同時代の最古のろ過摂食海生爬虫類化石を発見 論文 https://t.co/UvjVoA9nR0 #ldnews https://t.co/KmtUByhPTA

Aug 11, 2023 · 24 likes · 5 shares · 12,871 followers View post →
Junseok Choi (Tupan)
@Tupandactyl · X

Actually, it was a ichthyosauromorph, a relative of Ichthyosaurus and Shonisaurus. this recon is based on the newly published paper- Hupeh was a very early filter feeding tetrapod, and maybe it had a baleen like a baleen whale! https://t.co/gNsDwE90ov

Aug 8, 2023 · 23 likes · 3 shares · 1,311 followers View post →
Darmok & Jalad at BlueSky
@zman1902.bsky.social · Bluesky

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龍つってんだろ!
@IMn1pMbimp74735 · X

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May 24, 2024 · 20 shares · 20 followers View post →
マンブルV2/フォアグラ
@V2manburu · X

RT @darius_nau: @ICMWriter There’s also the matter of it being very likely that Hupehsuchians, the sister clade of ichthyosaurs, were filte…

Apr 30, 2024 · 2 shares · 2,166 followers View post →
HuskyLoverPt2
@HuskyLoverPart2 · X

RT @darius_nau: @ICMWriter There’s also the matter of it being very likely that Hupehsuchians, the sister clade of ichthyosaurs, were filte…

Apr 25, 2024 · 2 shares · 51 followers View post →
Darius Nau
@darius_nau · X

@ICMWriter There’s also the matter of it being very likely that Hupehsuchians, the sister clade of ichthyosaurs, were filter-feeders, and that they probably had some kind of soft-tissue derived filtration apparatus, similar to baleen. https://t.co/tVjXbtQHkx

Apr 25, 2024 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 273 followers View post →
BMC Series
@BMC_series · X

An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, according to an analysis of two newly discovered specimens in #BMCEcolEvol. To learn more, visit: https://t.co/WGdiL0SV0T https://t.co/f1UrkyLV1A

Dec 28, 2023 · 21,332 followers View post →
Arturo Vega
@Arturo_herp · X

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Simón Perera ☮️
@SimonPerera · X

El paper: https://t.co/skdWW7t7Ht

Aug 23, 2023 · 5,380 followers View post →
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Sergio González Mora
@PhylumBryozoa · X

First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales | BMC Ecology and Evolution https://t.co/OtFpJ0hGJT

Aug 14, 2023 · 1 like · 988 followers View post →
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RT @pantheo27705718: フーペイスクスのことですね 中国の研究者、湖北省で恐竜と同時代の最古のろ過摂食海生爬虫類化石を発見 論文 https://t.co/UvjVoA9nR0 #ldnews https://t.co/KmtUByhPTA

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RT @pantheo27705718: フーペイスクスのことですね 中国の研究者、湖北省で恐竜と同時代の最古のろ過摂食海生爬虫類化石を発見 論文 https://t.co/UvjVoA9nR0 #ldnews https://t.co/KmtUByhPTA

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@chaos_mj · X

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@sin_yoshimoto · X

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RT @pantheo27705718: フーペイスクスのことですね 中国の研究者、湖北省で恐竜と同時代の最古のろ過摂食海生爬虫類化石を発見 論文 https://t.co/UvjVoA9nR0 #ldnews https://t.co/KmtUByhPTA

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Aug 11, 2023 · 5 shares · 2,135 followers View post →
パンテオン(半遁モード)
@pantheo27705718 · X

フーペイスクスのことですね 中国の研究者、湖北省で恐竜と同時代の最古のろ過摂食海生爬虫類化石を発見 論文 https://t.co/UvjVoA9nR0 #ldnews https://t.co/KmtUByhPTA

Aug 11, 2023 · 24 likes · 5 shares · 12,871 followers View post →
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@SodaArtist · X

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BMC
@BioMedCentral · X

An ancient marine reptile found in China may have been a filter feeder like a modern bowhead or right whale, according to an analysis of the skulls from two newly discovered specimens, published in BMC Ecology and Evolution. https://t.co/sZtc0EX9Of https://t.co/hdsDOuMgpt

Aug 11, 2023 · 4 likes · 2 shares · 75,420 followers View post →
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@raygathex · X

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@augustus_sean · X

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@MarkWitton · X

RT @PaleontologieFr: Le mode d'alimentation par filtrage des baleines existait bien avant elles : #Hupehsuchus, un reptile marin de 250 Ma…

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@1511Hugues · X

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Paléontologie
@PaleontologieFr · X

Le mode d'alimentation par filtrage des baleines existait bien avant elles : #Hupehsuchus, un reptile marin de 250 Ma trouvé en

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Maria Moyses
@Maria_Moyses · X

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Darmok & Jalad at BlueSky
@zman1902.bsky.social · Bluesky

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Dakotaraptor
@Dakotaraptor1 · X

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@GET_AWAY_TRIKE · X

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@oanus · X

みてた:https://t.co/c0jYjS0RP8

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Brian Beatty
@Vanderhoofius · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

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Fang ( Commissions Open)
@Fang83768513 · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

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Dr. Diana King
@TheDJ_King · X

WOW EVERYONE!!! A filter-feeding ichthyosaur has just been described!!!! https://t.co/HiXWWtD1ei

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青柳
@FBWM8888 · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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サウリプス
@sauripus · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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@jovepaleontoleg · X

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@creature_w_f · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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O.FinalFinance
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RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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CRCpaleos
@CRCpaleos · X

ARTÍCULO REFERENCIA (acceso abierto) First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t.co/IfQlizH0SS vía #BMCEcology

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Fang ( Commissions Open)
@Fang83768513 · X

RT @Tupandactyl: Actually, it was a ichthyosauromorph, a relative of Ichthyosaurus and Shonisaurus. this recon is based on the newly publi…

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@coutei_kemono · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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@d2eBzGIBEJ66Pxb · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

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@decimal1010re · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 829 followers View post →
マガ桜トム猫
@sakuratomcat · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 162 followers View post →
零式鴉
@zerokarasu · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 660 followers View post →
Kabir Chatterjee
@Logicoraptor · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 141 followers View post →
マンブルV2/フォアグラ
@V2manburu · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 2,166 followers View post →
Carcharo1931
@Carcharo1931 · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 1,778 followers View post →
池川 滝湖@三つ棘の抱怪
@IKEKAWA_fallake · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 841 followers View post →
Linhith
@Linhith · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 613 followers View post →
Ashley Hall (Taylor's Version)
@LadyNaturalist · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 18,079 followers View post →
ふくぶ@Mein liebes Bett
@schwarz1111 · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 281 followers View post →
David Jones
@DavidJoness1998 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 74 followers View post →
Spinoりん
@Spino_Rin · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 1,848 followers View post →
Maya_Moo13
@Maya_Moo13 · X

RT @Tupandactyl: Actually, it was a ichthyosauromorph, a relative of Ichthyosaurus and Shonisaurus. this recon is based on the newly publi…

Aug 8, 2023 · 3 shares · 797 followers View post →
Bull.Falcon
@FalconBull · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 632 followers View post →
コサメ
@zaurus_Kosame · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 61 followers View post →
Yoshitugu Tuduki/都築良継
@TSMoon56 · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 2,932 followers View post →
たむねこ
@akiratamcat · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 836 followers View post →
Grymmlee (그림리)
@grymm_lee · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 4,438 followers View post →
とよけらとぷす
@rex_toyo · X

RT @kbts_sci: 中国湖北省で化石が見つかった2億4千万年前の三畳紀の海生爬虫類が、現代のクジラの仲間と同じように、歯の代わりに生えた「ヒゲ」状の器官で小魚やプランクトンを濾過摂食していた可能性。異なる生物で類似の進化が起こる「収斂進化」で、巨体には理にかなっていたら…

Aug 8, 2023 · 28 shares · 2,149 followers View post →
Brian Beatty
@Vanderhoofius · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 1,584 followers View post →
田中 ヰトヲ
@01_Titoh · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 123 followers View post →
Deterio
@NxtDeterio · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 5,393 followers View post →
David Jones
@DavidJoness1998 · X

RT @Tupandactyl: Actually, it was a ichthyosauromorph, a relative of Ichthyosaurus and Shonisaurus. this recon is based on the newly publi…

Aug 8, 2023 · 3 shares · 74 followers View post →
Vampyrum Spectrum Martini
@justwhaletingz · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,120 followers View post →
Ryan Frields
@Reikkusu · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 163 followers View post →
SkylerDrakon
@SkylerDrakon · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 759 followers View post →
Carol ᛉ
@RunesandWomen · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,246 followers View post →
GDLeahy
@GDLeahy · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 680 followers View post →
Tarbtano
@tarbtano · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 491 followers View post →
Galaxoica
@SpinoDragon145 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 391 followers View post →
FossilFlex™
@FossilFlex · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 335 followers View post →
Okapi_Iago
@Okapi_Iago · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 320 followers View post →
Richard_Carr
@EmuLarge · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 1,849 followers View post →
Richard_Carr
@EmuLarge · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 1,849 followers View post →
Junseok Choi (Tupan)
@Tupandactyl · X

Actually, it was a ichthyosauromorph, a relative of Ichthyosaurus and Shonisaurus. this recon is based on the newly published paper- Hupeh was a very early filter feeding tetrapod, and maybe it had a baleen like a baleen whale! https://t.co/gNsDwE90ov

Aug 8, 2023 · 23 likes · 3 shares · 1,311 followers View post →
Richard_Carr
@EmuLarge · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,849 followers View post →
PaleoGalli
@TwitiGalli · X

Primeira alimentação por filtro no Triássico Inferior: convergência morfológica craniana entre Hupehsuchus e baleias de barbatanas https://t.co/HFlYCt2uvr #Paleontologypaper https://t.co/JVNTnXfvpp

Aug 8, 2023 · 6 likes · 1,698 followers View post →
Angel Giovanni Becerra Rodríguez
@GiovanniBece · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 1,628 followers View post →
Tricaudae Studio (Stephanie Dziezyk)
@TricaudaeStudio · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 3,063 followers View post →
Anarchopteryx
@anarchopteryx · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 501 followers View post →
Angel Giovanni Becerra Rodríguez
@GiovanniBece · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,628 followers View post →
Kuzco
@Kuzco297 · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 287 followers View post →
WillPower276
@Wpark276 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 564 followers View post →
Fossil Bonanza
@FossilBonanza · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 7,216 followers View post →
MorosTweets
@MorosTweets · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 46 followers View post →
Shoji_Hayashi
@SHOWJI0329 · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 3,075 followers View post →
Jonathan
@Sontar22 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 357 followers View post →
Protomanfan0124
@ProtomanFan0124 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 216 followers View post →
Dino Chu
@Dino_Dobrowski · X

RT @BMC_series: An ancient marine reptile - Hupehsuchus nanchangensis -may have been a filter feeder similar to a modern baleen whales, acc…

Aug 8, 2023 · 29 shares · 1,099 followers View post →
Peter von Hameln
@peregrino0788 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 610 followers View post →
Grant Haines
@gehaines.bsky.social · Bluesky

This is a very cool specimen, but I am skeptical of the claim that it is a filter-feeder without the filtration apparatus https://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-023-02143-9

Aug 8, 2023 View post →
Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight
@LukeJedi123 · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 589 followers View post →
Carlos de Miguel
@Carlosdino88 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 2,864 followers View post →
恐竜生理学の学芸員
@Anomro · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 2,061 followers View post →
あお
@ao_artworks · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 206 followers View post →
Semi-humano
@Semihuman0 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 126 followers View post →
Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus)
@BongMarcosaurus · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,007 followers View post →
GiancarloNightSky
@sky_giancarlo · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 332 followers View post →
TR
@ttorroo · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 7,420 followers View post →
Stella Angelika Ludwig
@S_A_Ludwig · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 245 followers View post →
Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus)
@BongMarcosaurus · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 1,007 followers View post →
Trefor Woronov
@WoronovTrefor · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 51 followers View post →
Athūræ
@Arthuurae · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 371 followers View post →
Extinct and Extant
@Extinct_Extant · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 688 followers View post →
RickRaptor105
@RickRaptor105 · X

RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence betwee…

Aug 8, 2023 · 9 shares · 5,639 followers View post →
Egg_Man :))) COMMISSIONS OPEN
@john_bernasol · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 888 followers View post →
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
@TomHoltzPaleo · X

Fang, ZC., Li, JL., Yan, CB. et al. First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales. BMC Ecol Evo23, 36 (2023). https://t.co/dcxLGUlT43

Aug 8, 2023 · 30 likes · 9 shares · 31,834 followers View post →
背包(神木)/Kamiki
@backpack0209 · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 722 followers View post →
carnodrawer (Ian)
@carnodrawer · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 135 followers View post →
O Paleotuga
@paleotuga · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 345 followers View post →
BTD
@buythursday · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 378 followers View post →
The Marvelous Mx. Hazel!
@TangentTanager · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 422 followers View post →
Cyclopes_sp
@Cyclopes_sp · X

RT @Dinoh555: First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t…

Aug 8, 2023 · 42 shares · 1,626 followers View post →
Dactylioceras
@Dinoh555 · X

First filter feeding in the Early Triassic: cranial morphological convergence between Hupehsuchus and baleen whales https://t.co/3MLCXDNL18 Artwork by Shunyi Shu https://t.co/PeatrzWeFC

Aug 8, 2023 · 124 likes · 42 shares · 2,485 followers View post →