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Published: Sept. 4, 2021, 3:25 a.m.

As Brazilians, we can tell how common this situation is - a random dude finds a fossil and sells it, hoping to make a pretty penny out of it and make ends meet. The problem, though, is that said fossil usually ends in collectors hands; people who will never allow a real expert to study that discovery, let alone publish an article about it. Thankfully, this time things went a different route, as a police raid successfully seized an uncommonly well-preserved Tupandactylus fossil, giving scientists the opportunity of dwelling on it a tad more. Join us today as we discuss the details of this news and the impact of such a finding. 

Citation: Beccari V, Pinheiro FL, Nunes I, Anelli LE, Mateus O, Costa FR (2021) Osteology of an exceptionally well-preserved tapejarid skeleton from Brazil: Revealing the anatomy of a curious pterodactyloid clade. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0254789. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254789

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