[Rockhounds] Crushed Fossil Pieces Used To Reconstruct Carboniferous Killer “Tadpole From Hell”

[Paul]

Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole'
that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs
By Lydia Smith published 3 days ago
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/fossils/scientists-reveal-face-of-10-foot-killer-tadpole-that-terrorized-earth-long-before-the-dinosaurs

Crushed Fossil Pieces Used To Reconstruct
Killer “Tadpole From Hell” The monstrous
tetrapod would have been a fearsome predator
in the swamps of Scotland.
Russell Moul, IFLScience, May 8, 2023
https://www.iflscience.com/crushed-fossil-pieces-used-to-reconstruct-killer-tadpole-from-hell-68807

The open access paper is:

Porro, L.B., Rayfield, E.J. and Clack, J.A., 2023.
Computed tomography and three-dimensional
reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapod
Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson, 1929. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, p.e2183134.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.2183134

Yours,

Paul H.