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  Biology abstracts https://coresci.org/jcts/index.php/jctsb/issue/view/31 Geology Abstracts https://coresci.org/jcts/index.php/jctsc/issue/view/32 T he annual Origins conference is one of the foremost creationist conferences involving multiple disciplines, primarily: biology, geology, and theology. In this series of posts, I will review the published works this year that I can comment on, unfortunately, I cannot comment on most of what occurred since it is simply outside of my field and I don´t understand it.  N.A. Doran and M.A. McLain 2022 “The Ankylosauria: A Bottom-Heavy Holobaramin?” Euoplocephalus tutus,  an Ankylodaurid from North America. Drawing by Scott Hartman (C) 2018.  Unlike my previous review of McLain´s (2022) analysis on pterosaurs, I can comment on Ankylosaurs. Ankylosaurs are some of the most iconic dinosaurs the world has ever seen, the group´s namesake Ankylosaurus  has appeared in the Jurassic World franchise frequently and several other m...

Biology abstracts https://coresci.org/jcts/index.php/jctsb/issue/view/31 Geology Abstracts https://coresci.org/jcts/index.php/jctsc/issue/view/32 T he annual Origins conference is one of the foremost creationist conferences involving multiple disciplines, primarily: biology, geology, and theology. In this series of posts, I will review the published works this year that I can comment on, unfortunately, I cannot comment on most of what occurred since it is simply outside of my field and I don´t understand it.  McLain M. 2022 ¨ New Baraminological Analysis of “Basal” Pterosaurs Confirms Multiple Holobaramins¨ McLain analyzed a brand-new dataset of ´basal´ Pterosaurs by Yang et al. 2022 (286 characters and 41 taxa) using BARCLAY (Wood 2020b). Previous analyses (McLain 2021) were inconclusive regarding the state of holobaramins, except the family Anurognathidae showing the possibility of it being a holobramin. The new analysis showed the possibility of four holobaramins within the ´bas...