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Two-Headed Reptile Fossil From Age of Dinosaurs
Not new (it’s from 2006), but tell me if you’ve ever seen a cooler fossil than this? This is a condition called polycephaly, that is rare, but common enough to be found regularly in reptiles. But it is infrequent enough that the odds of catching one in a fossil is pretty amazing.
OK, maybe not better than the fossilized copulating turtles, but close.
(via National Geographic)
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Two-Headed Reptile Fossil From Age of Dinosaurs

Not new (it’s from 2006), but tell me if you’ve ever seen a cooler fossil than this? This is a condition called polycephaly, that is rare, but common enough to be found regularly in reptiles. But it is infrequent enough that the odds of catching one in a fossil is pretty amazing.

OK, maybe not better than the fossilized copulating turtles, but close.

(via National Geographic)

Source: National Geographic

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    • #polycephaly
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