'Mint Condition' Fossil Skull Sheds New Light on Albanerpetontids (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

'Mint Condition' Fossil Skull Sheds New Light on Albanerpetontids

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Most fossil albanerpetontids are crushed or in disarray. This CT image shows an exquisitely preserved adult albanerpetontid skull that is helping researchers re-envision these extinct amphibians.

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Edward Stanley/Florida Museum of Natural History/VGStudioMax3.4

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