Scientists found new giant dinosaur
Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae, which had remained in the ground for about 130 million years,
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Gigantic mammal ‘cousin’ discovered
During the Triassic period (252-201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards.
Tiny footprints, big discovery: Reptile tracks oldest ever found in grand canyon
A geology professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has discovered that a set of 28 footprints left behind by a reptile-like creature 310
Most Complete Study on Europe’s Greatest Hadrosaur Site Published
The Basturs Poble site is what is known in English as a bone bed, a geological stratum containing a great amount of fossils. The stratum dates
The teeth of Changchunsaurus: Rare insight into ornithopod dinosaur tooth evolution
The teeth of Changchunsaurus parvus, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of China, represent an important and poorly-known stage in the evolution of ornithopod dentition,
Saber-toothed cats with oral injuries ate softer foods
Saber-toothed cats with oral injuries ate softer foods than their uninjured counterparts, who may have provided injured cats with soft scraps.
Giant flying squirrel fossil from a Barcelona landfill clarifies the squirrel family tree
In 2002, a team of scientists unearthed mysterious fossil remains in a landfill in Catalonia, Spain. At first, researchers supposed the unidentified fossil could be
150-million-year old, piranha-like specimen is earliest known flesh-eating fish
The new species of bony fish had teeth like a piranha, which the researchers suggest they used as piranhas do: to bite off chunks of
Smallest ever Tylosaurus fossil sheds light on species
The smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur fossil ever found has been revealed in a new study in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and surprisingly it lacks a
Ledumahadi mafube — South Africa’s new jurassic giant
A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa's Free State Province. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Ledumahadi mafube, weighed 12 tonnes and
Chinese Cretaceous fossil highlights avian evolution
A newly identified extinct bird species from a 127 million-year-old fossil deposit in northeastern China provides new information about avian development during the early evolution
The first predators and their self-repairing teeth
The earliest predators appeared on Earth 480 million years ago - and they even had teeth which were capable of repairing themselves.
Fat from 558 million years ago reveals earliest known animal
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in
Scientists quantify the vast and valuable finds stored on museum shelves
Days after a fire tore through Brazil's National Museum and destroyed specimens of irreplaceable heritage, a team of scientists has quantified the vast number of
Fossil teeth show how Jurassic reptiles adapted to changing seas
Marine predators that lived in deep waters during the Jurassic Period thrived as sea levels rose, while species that dwelled in the shallows died out,
Three previously unknown ancient primates identified
Biological anthropologists from The University of Texas at Austin have described three new species of fossil primates that were previously unknown to science.
How did alvarezsaurian dinosaurs evolve monodactyl hand?
Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the 'horse series' of North America.
Fossil turtle didn’t have a shell yet, but had the first toothless turtle beak
There are a couple of key features that make a turtle a turtle: its shell, for one, but also its toothless beak. A newly-discovered fossil
Amber unveils evolution of ancient antlions
Myrmeleontiformia (antlions and their relatives) are an ancient group of lacewing insects characterized by predatory larvae with unusual morphologies and behaviors.
Want to know what ancient koalas ate? Check modern koalas’ teeth
Paleontologist Larisa DeSantis studies the teeth of ancient and modern mammals to determine how their diets changed across the millennia and, by extension, their responses to climate
Research solves a 160-year-old mystery about the origin of skeletons
Scientists at The University of Manchester and the University of Bristol have used powerful X-rays to peer inside the skeletons of some of our oldest
Extinct vegetarian cave bear diet mystery unravelled
During the Late Pleistocene period (between 125,000 to 12,000 years ago) two bear species roamed Europe: omnivorous brown bears (Ursus arctos) and the extinct mostly