Chicago · Friday, September 11, 2026

What did Tanyka eat? Reconstructing the diet of an ancient Brazilian tetrapod

Name: What did Tanyka eat? Reconstructing the diet of an ancient Brazilian tetrapod
Start: 2026-09-11T16:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-11T18:00:00.000Z
Location: Field Museum

What did Tanyka eat? Reconstructing the diet of an ancient Brazilian tetrapod on Friday, September 11, 2026 at Field Museum (Museum). Best for: school-age.

When: Friday, September 11, 2026
Venue: Field Museum
City: Chicago
Category: Museum
Age bands: school-age
Event page: www.fieldmuseum.org/events/what-did-tanyka-eat-reconstructing-the-diet-of-an-ancient-brazilian-tetrapod

See an ‘ancient living fossil’ and hear about the research into their diet being led by Syd Joheim, Prince Intern, and Ken Angielczyk, MacArthur Curator of Paleomammalogy. Tanyka, a Permian stem tetrapod from Brazil, is known only for its jaws that have extensive fields of tiny teeth on their inner surface. These unique features suggest they had a…

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