Ancient armored bottom-feeder is first seagoing amphibian
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"Ancient armored bottom-feeder is first seagoing amphibian" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (2)
- Ancient armored bottom-feeder is first seagoing amphibian KSL News · 18d ago
- Chinese-US team identifies 237-m-yr-old amphibian that lived entirely in the sea Global Times · 18d ago
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