The orange bars in the photos are 10 centimeters for scale
The cooling trend culminated in the Ice Age of the Pliocene (10-3 million years ago)
Sclerocephalus was once thought to be closely related to eryopoid temnospondyls
The neck was 10 feet (3 m) long
Jimbacrinus Bostocki from the Cundlego formation Gaskoyne Junction Western Australia
Sharovipteryx mirabilis, early gliding reptile Triceratops The orange bars in thePronounced (shahr ov IP ter iks) Sharovipteryx (meaning "Sharov's wings"), aka Podopteryx, was a Pterosauromorpha (a gliding thecodont, a pre pterosaur) from the early Triassic period, about 245 million years ago. Sharovipteryx was a gliding animal that used its uropatagium, a small, fibrous flap of skin that stretched from the very long legs and the tail. It had large eyes, a long snout, and small triangular teeth. A single fossil (together with some