Molto tempo fa a Taiwan vivevano pitoni giganti

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Una vertebra fossile proveniente dalla Formazione Chiting di Taiwan rivela che durante il Pleistocene medio l'isola era popolata da pitoni lunghi quasi 4 metri […]

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#金曜日だから化石貼る
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国立科学博物館企画展「ワニ」より、マチカネワニらしき歯化石cf. Toyotamaphimeia。
大分県宇佐市にある鮮新世後期の地層から産出した化石。マチカネワニの生息年代、地域は思ってたよりも広いのかもしれない。

Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus
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🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Toyotamaphimeia spp.

From Middle Pleistocene Japan and Taiwan, "Toyotama Hime" is a triangular headed gavialid crocodilian of up to 7 meters named after a Japanese godess. Its range represents the northernmost thermal limit that crocodilians can tolerate

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6 to 7 meters long, quite robust, its close kin are interpreted as possibly having been quite vocal and capable of taking down horses and other livestock. It lived at the edge of what crocs can tolerate in terms of cold, shows evidence of fighting others of its kind, etc...

I will concede that Hanyusuchus is probably most interesting in its recent history and its relationship with advanced human civilisations, while Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus is rather incomplete. Toyotampahimeia machikanensis from Japan meanwhile is ideal.

In Asia we're getting three for the price of one with Toyotamaphimeia and Hanyusuchus, the former featuring two species native to Japan and Taiwan respectively while Hanyusuchus inhabited the Chinese south-east until the 14th century

Listened to a talk by paleontologist Yi-Yang Cho about the taiwanese crocodylian Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus at the Tainan Zuojhen Fossil Park

500 thousand years ago along a tranquil riverside in Pleistocene Taiwan, a giant 𝘛𝘰𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 surfaces from the dusky waters. At 7 meters, it is the lord of local freshwater ecosystems.

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Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis
Which is I forgot to post here...

Did you know that long ago there was a large Crocodilian that lived in Japan during the Ice Age? This is Toyotamaphimeia Machikanensis