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The dedicated work of Bertozzo and colleagues has made sense of a mysterious Ouranosaurus, but, as much of an anatomical redescription, their paper is a reminder to take damn good notes. — Scientific American Blog Network, "On the Trail of a Dinosaur Sail," 10 July 2017 A redescription of Carrolla craddocki (Lepospondyli: Brachystelechidae) based on high-resolution CT, and the impacts of miniaturization and fossoriality on morphology. — Darren Naish, Scientific American Blog Network, "The Microsaurs of Yore," 7 July 2017 Even without a detailed redescription of the Harvard material, though, paleontologists know that the reconstruction probably differs from what Kronosaurus was truly like in life. — Brian Switek, WIRED, "Repost: The Frustrating Legacy of Plasterosaurus," 18 Feb. 2012These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'redescription.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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