Curiosities
Dr. David Unwin from the University of Leicester and University of Portsmouth’s Professor Dave Martill believe Mesozoic flying reptiles called pterosaurs had a relatively smooth skin without any covering.
Its neck was three times as long as its torso, but had only 13 extremely elongated vertebrae: Tanystropheus, a...
The finding of the first Hungarian dinosaur egg (Pseudogeckoolithus) was presented yesterday in the Semsey Andor Lecture Hall of the Hungarian Museum of Natural History, organized by the...
First-of-its-kind international study is rooted in 17 million year-old whale fossil.
Ankylosaurus magniventris was the prehistoric tank of the late Cretaceous period, some ...
The remarkably high abundance of the teeth of the giant dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, compared to the dental remains of terrestrial dinosaurs and some aquatic...
The Carnian Pluvial Episode, a major climate change event that occurred around 234 to 232 million years ago (Late...
Never underestimate pond scum. The asteroid impact that killed most of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago also created conditions for ocean microbes to flourish, according to a new study. In microscopic rock crystals, researchers have found evidence that massive...
In another fascinating snapshot from deep time, an international team of paleontologists has reported the discovery of specimens of a minuscule crustacean that dates back to the...
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China, one in Argentina and one in Belgium has identified the fossilized remains of two previously unknown dinosaurs in China. In their paper published in the journal Peerj, the group...