Polar gigantism and Palaeozoic gigantism are not equivalent: Monstrous beings lurking beneath the ocean depths?
To truly understand the difference between polar and Palaeozoic gigantism, we need to delve into their respective origins.
The skull of an extraordinarily well preserved bird in amber from 99 million years ago, found in Burma, is the smallest dinosaur known to date. The specimen, called “Oculudentavis khaungraae“,…