Curiosities

Wed, 2021-08-25

The new specimen from the Upper Cretaceous Xiaguan Formation in the Chinese province of...

Sun, 2021-09-26

Carnosaurs may have been terrestrial analogues of vultures, and not predators, according to a new study published in the journal Ecological Modelling....

Tue, 2021-08-24

Paleontologists have analyzed the morphology of the neurovascular canal in the well-preserved jaw of Tyrannosaurus rex...

Tue, 2021-08-24

Paleontologists have described two new species from the Cambrian period of Utah, which illuminate the early evolution of...

Tue, 2021-08-17

Paleontologists have identified two new species of giant herbivorous dinosaurs from fossils found in the Turpan-Hami Basin, Xinjiang, northwestern China.

Sat, 2021-08-14

Until now, the first fossil evidence of land plants was from the Devonian period (420 million years ago). However, molecular...

Thu, 2021-08-12

A prehistoric crocodile did not have scaled armor but instead had soft skin similar to that of dolphins, a team of American and German scientists say.

Thu, 2021-08-12

Paleontologists have examined tooth morphologies in multiple lineages of sharks that lived during the 27.6-million-year interval around the ...

Wed, 2021-08-04

A fossilized long-bodied weevil found in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar represents a new tribe, genus and species and dates back some 100 million...

Wed, 2021-08-04

Using cutting-edge techniques, paleontologists have produced the first complete 3D skull reconstruction of a primitive tetrapod called Whatcheeria deltae.

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