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Dog finds sailbacked reptile fossil

18-08-2012 3:52am

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/nova-scotia-fossil-superstar-early-human-ancestor-165711773.html

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#2 20-08-2012 12:42pm

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Dimetrodon a 'human ancestor'? Bit of a stretch.

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#3 20-08-2012 9:50pm

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Galvasean wrote: »

Dimetrodon a 'human ancestor'? Bit of a stretch.

I know right!

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#4 20-08-2012 10:05pm

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Yeah, it's like everything that isn't a 'cousin' of T. rex is a 'human ancestor'.

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#5 21-08-2012 12:57am

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The possibility that its actually a sailbacked amphibian rather than a mammal-like reptile is being considered. Something like Platyhystrix:

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