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@doktrock@toad.social
2026-09-05 14:20:37

A few Cretaceous age dinosaur bones have been discovered in #Minnesota - jaw portions of Terminonaris, and a tail vertebra of a hadrosaur. The state #fossil is the Giant Beaver; this specimen is from Saint Paul.
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Fossil display, collection of the Science Museum of Minnesota The Time of the Dinosaurs Lots of Life, but Few Dinos Towards the end of the time of the dinosaurs, an ocean covered much of Minnesota. Its warm, shallow waters teemed with sharks, long-necked marine reptiles, and ancient crocodiles! But dinosaurs only lived on land, so their fossils are extremely rare here. Crocodilian Jaw Portion Terminonaris robusta About 95 million years old Cretaceous Period Calumet, Minnesota Cast SMM P68.56.1 …
Display of a giant beaver skeleton.
Sign: Meet Minnesota's State Fossil: The Giant Beaver At the end of the last ice age, this rodent of unusual size inhabited waterways and glacial lakes throughout North America. With its buck teeth and aquatic lifestyle, it probably looked a lot like modern beavers. But you would have noticed at least one big difference: weighing up to 200 pounds, it was the size of a small bear. Size isn't the only difference between this ice age giant and its modern cousins. Scientists think the giant beaver …
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-08-24 19:00:45

The US military has resumed its campaign of bombing
alleged drug-trafficking vessels
after a two-month pause in a campaign that many legal experts and human rights groups believe 
constitutes a murder spree.
In a Monday social media post,
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said it carried out a
“lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes”
in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
Two people were killed a…

‘Lawless killing spree at sea resumes’ as US announces fresh boat bombings
With the latest two casualties, the Trump administration’s boat bombing spree has now claimed the lives of at least 223 people.