Computed tomography and three-dimensional reconstruction of the Carboniferous 'killer tadpole' Crassigyrinus scoticus

[Oxytropidoceras]

Scientists reveal face of 10-foot 'killer tadpole'

that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs

By Lydia Smith, Science Alert, May 5, 2023

 

Crushed Fossil Pieces Used To Reconstruct

Killer “Tadpole From Hell” The monstrous

tetrapod would have been a fearsome predator 

in the swamps of Scotland.

Russell Moul, IFLScience, May 8, 2023

 

The open access paper is:

 

Porro, L.B., Rayfield, E.J. and Clack, J.A., 2023. 

Computed tomography and three-dimensional

reconstruction of the skull of the stem tetrapod

Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson, 1929. Journal of 

Vertebrate Paleontology, p.e2183134.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.