Researchers Used Multiple Techniques to Distinguish Species (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Researchers Used Multiple Techniques to Distinguish Species

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Species in the genus Smaug has been notably difficult to distinguish from one another. Researchers used a combination of traditional approaches, DNA analysis and CT scanning to identify and describe Smaug swazicus.

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Edward Stanley

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