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Tet Zoo Christmassy wishes, 2012

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I knocked this up in a hurry yesterday but I think it's good enough to share publicly. The pristichampsine is meant to be trotting along at speed, and that explains why its hat is falling off. Have a great Christmas and New Year - here's to 2013. 2012 was a crazy year for me (annual Tet Zoo review to appear at the end of January); I'm not sure that 2013 is going to be much different. Anyway: peace and love to all. Well, nearly all.

Darren Naish is a science writer, technical editor and palaeozoologist (affiliated with the University of Southampton, UK). He mostly works on Cretaceous dinosaurs and pterosaurs but has an avid interest in all things tetrapod. His publications can be downloaded at darrennaish.wordpress.com. He has been blogging at Tetrapod Zoology since 2006. Check out the Tet Zoo podcast at tetzoo.com!

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