Was Hupehsuchus a baleen whale-style filter feeder in the Early Triassic? A re-examination of the evidence

One of the recurring paleobiological questions over the last three decades has been whether there were any filter feeding tetrapods before whales evolved. Recently, a study proposed that a small marine reptile from the Early Triassic, Hupehsuchus nanchangensis, filter-fed in a mode similar to living...

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