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Bolg amondol: New monstersaur reveals complex evolutionary history of giant Gila monster relatives
A newly discovered, raccoon-sized armored monstersaurian from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Southern ...
Bones of a raccoon-sized prehistoric lizard sat in a jar for 20 years
Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila ...
Fossil discovery reveals giant ancient salamander
A giant, strong-jawed salamander once tunneled through ancient Tennessee soil. And thanks to a fossil unearthed near East ...
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US unearths one of the largest salamander species ever discovered on Earth
Researchers at East Tennessee State University discovered a giant salamander species at a renowned fossil site that’s ...
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Why Has This North Carolina Town Embraced a Strange Salamander?
The city of Boone has put a giant mural of the eastern hellbender downtown and its residents often imbibe a local Hazy IPA ...
Giant salamander fossil unearthed at Gray Fossil Site
Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site have discovered the remains of a giant salamander that once called prehistoric Appalachia home. According to a news release from East Tennessee State University ...