Meet Bulbasaurus phylloxyron

Originally shared by Marko Bosscher

Meet Bulbasaurus phylloxyron
Interesting for reasons beyond its name, Bulbasaurus is a newly discovered species of an ancient mammalian relative called a dicynodont. It is described by paleontologists Christian Kammerer of Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and Rodger Smith at the University of Witwatersrand and Iziko Museums of South Africa in a recent paper in PeerJ.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shaenamontanari/2017/02/02/paleontologists-who-like-pokemon-name-newly-discovered-turtle-pig-fossil/#520a0946abc5

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