Heads Up in the Triassic!
Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 19:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When you take a bite out of a hamburger or chomp down on a piece of gum, you share this function of the lower jaw with the vast majority of animals. But not all: for some animals, lifting the head rather than dropping the jaw is a good idea. This bizarre reversal of how feeding occurs was achieved in 210-million-year-old amphibians, the plagiosaurs.