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December 5:

 * 1839 - Franz Martin Hilgendorf was born in Neudamm (Mark Brandenburg), Germany.
 * 1876 - Charles Anderson was born in Stenness, Scotland.
 * 2008 - Rodolfo Casamiquela died in Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, Argentina.

Cavemen Were Better at Depicting Quadruped Walking than Modern Artists: Erroneous Walking Illustrations in the Fine Arts from Prehistory to Today

Gabor Horvath, Etelka Farkas, Ildiko Boncz, Miklos Blaho, Gyorgy Kriska

published 05 Dec 2012

Pedal Claw Curvature in Birds, Lizards and Mesozoic Dinosaurs – Complicated Categories and Compensating for Mass-Specific and Phylogenetic Control

Aleksandra V. Birn-Jeffery, Charlotte E. Miller, Darren Naish, Emily J. Rayfield, David W. E. Hone

published 05 Dec 2012

Large-Diameter Burrows of the Triassic Ischigualasto Basin, NW Argentina: Paleoecological and Paleoenvironmental Implications

Carina E. Colombi, Eliana Fernández, Brian S. Currie, Oscar A. Alcober, Ricardo Martínez, Gustavo Correa

published 05 Dec 2012