tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post3601022394473743990..comments2024-03-24T00:30:26.338-07:00Comments on Waxing Paleontological: Taxonomy Tuesday: Snakes are lizardsZachary Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-8674519894770692892018-08-06T14:15:03.148-07:002018-08-06T14:15:03.148-07:00I was surprised to learn that Sea Snakes, at least...I was surprised to learn that Sea Snakes, at least Hydrophiinae (the true/aquatic sea snakes), evolved recently only 10-15 million years ago. They probably crossed the Pacific Ocean after the Panama Isthmus closed because there aren't Sea Snakes in the Atlantic.<br />Sea Kraits evolved seperately 15-20 million years ago.kmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430854438111260663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-10183835907692078032018-07-22T03:45:58.085-07:002018-07-22T03:45:58.085-07:00Neat idea!
For next Tuesday, I suggest the counte...Neat idea!<br /><br />For next Tuesday, I suggest the counter-intuitive fact that jawed fish are jawless fish, phylogenetically speaking.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-51869686718446213752018-07-17T19:20:38.201-07:002018-07-17T19:20:38.201-07:00Wow, that's bizarre!Wow, that's bizarre!Zachary Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035947146927565746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4675540394850433221.post-18302471094671366882018-07-17T17:37:13.397-07:002018-07-17T17:37:13.397-07:00Here’s a quick historical note on Pythonomorpha yo...Here’s a quick historical note on Pythonomorpha you never really hear: Cope actually coined it to refer to the mosasaurian line only. As far as I can ascertain this is the only way Cope himself ever used the name. At some point (I don’t know when) it was used to refer to the Mosasauria+Ophidiomorpha node and, well, here we are. Here’s a link to the paper where he named it: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/243473#/summaryMaxwell Miles Candlenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14489067703423679896noreply@blogger.com