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Siamraptor suwati, a new species of giant predatory dinosaur from Thailand

HeritageDailyOctober 10, 2019October 10, 2019

by HeritageDailyOctober 10, 2019October 10, 20190346

Fossils discovered in Thailand represent a new genus and species of predatory dinosaur, according to a study by Duangsuda Chokchaloemwong of Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University,

Palaeontology

Fossil fish gives new insights into the evolution

HeritageDailyOctober 3, 2019

by HeritageDailyOctober 3, 20190315

An international research team led by Giuseppe Marramà from the Institute of Paleontology of the University of Vienna discovered a new and well-preserved fossil stingray

Palaeontology

What color were fossil animals?

HeritageDailySeptember 24, 2019September 24, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 24, 2019September 24, 20190367

Dr Michael Pittman of the Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong led an international study with his PhD student

Palaeontology

Did Mosasaurs Do The Breast Stroke?

HeritageDailySeptember 24, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 24, 20190322

Mosasaurs were true sea monsters of late Cretaceous seas. These marine lizards -- related to modern snakes and monitor lizards -- grew as long as

Palaeontology

Croc-like carnivores terrorised Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years ago

HeritageDailySeptember 23, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 23, 20190440

"These ancient fossils provide us with evidence of how at least two predator species hunted these vegetarian dinosaurs 210 million-years-ago.

Palaeontology

Extinction of large mammal species likely drove survivors apart

HeritageDailySeptember 20, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 20, 20190599

hen a series of large mammal species began going extinct roughly 12,000 years ago, many surviving species began going their separate ways, says new research

Palaeontology

Mysterious Jurassic crocodile identified 250 years after fossil find

HeritageDailySeptember 12, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 12, 20190725

A prehistoric crocodile that lived around 180 million years ago has been identified - almost 250 years after the discovery of it fossil remains.

Palaeontology

Giant kangaroos of Ice Age Australia had skulls built for powerful bites

HeritageDailySeptember 12, 2019September 12, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 12, 2019September 12, 20190370

The skulls of giant sthenurine kangaroos were highly adapted for producing the powerful bite forces needed to devour particularly tough foods, according to a study

Palaeontology

New flying reptile species was one of largest ever flying animals

HeritageDailySeptember 10, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 10, 201901049

A newly identified species of pterosaur is among the largest ever flying animals, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London.

Palaeontology

A new duck-billed dinosaur, Kamuysaurus japonicus, identified

HeritageDailySeptember 6, 2019

by HeritageDailySeptember 6, 201901166

The dinosaur, whose nearly complete skeleton was unearthed from 72 million year old marine deposits in Mukawa Town in northern Japan, belongs to a new

Palaeontology

Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingoes of the Late Jurassic

HeritageDailyAugust 28, 2019

by HeritageDailyAugust 28, 20190378

Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces are, as a result, rich in remains of microscopically-small aquatic prey.

Climate Change Palaeontology

Rise of dinosaurs linked to increasing oxygen levels

HeritageDailyAugust 21, 2019

by HeritageDailyAugust 21, 2019010179

Scientists have found that increasing oxygen levels are linked to the rise of North American dinosaurs around 215 M years ago.

Palaeontology

World’s smallest fossil monkey found in Amazon jungle

HeritageDailyJuly 26, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 26, 20190443

A team of Peruvian and American scientists have uncovered the 18-million-year-old remains of the smallest fossil monkey ever found.

Palaeontology

Paleontology: New light on cichlid evolution in Africa

HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 16, 20190316

A collaborative research project carried out under the auspices of the GeoBio-Center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has developed an integrative approach to the classification

Palaeontology

Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet

HeritageDailyJuly 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 15, 20190566

Many dinosaur species are known from scant remains, with some estimates suggesting 75% are known from five or fewer individuals.

Palaeontology

Fossil of smallest old world monkey species discovered in Kenya

HeritageDailyJuly 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 15, 20190401

Researchers from the National Museums of Kenya, University of Arkansas, University of Missouri and Duke University have announced the discovery of a tiny monkey that

Palaeontology

Strange new species of duck-billed dinosaur identified

HeritageDailyJuly 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 15, 20190423

The most complete skull of a duck-billed dinosaur from Big Bend National Park, Texas, is revealed in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology as a new genus and

Palaeontology

Oldest completely preserved lily discovered

HeritageDailyJuly 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 12, 20190953

Dr. Clement Coiffard of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin discovered the oldest, completely preserved lily in the research collection: Cratolirion bognerianum was found in calcareous

Palaeontology

New species of lizard found in stomach of microraptor

HeritageDailyJuly 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 12, 20190375

A team of paleontologist have discovered a new specimen of the volant dromaeosaurid Microraptor zhaoianus with the remains of a nearly complete lizard preserved in

Palaeontology

The ancestor of the great white shark

HeritageDailyJuly 8, 2019

by HeritageDailyJuly 8, 20190810

Mackerel sharks (Lamniformes) are a group consisting of some of the most iconic sharks we know, including the mako shark (the fastest shark in the

Palaeontology

Some extinct crocs were vegetarians

HeritageDailyJune 27, 2019

by HeritageDailyJune 27, 20190516

Based on careful study of fossilized teeth, scientists Keegan Melstom and Randall Irmis at the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah

Palaeontology

Bird three times larger than ostrich discovered in Crimean cave

HeritageDailyJune 27, 2019

by HeritageDailyJune 27, 201902559

A surprise discovery in a Crimean cave suggests that early Europeans lived alongside some of the largest ever known birds, according to new research published