Tag: ancient fossils
3D-modelling shows food residues in 230 million year old fossil faeces
Synchrotron scanning can produce high-quality 3D models of well-preserved food residues from fossil faeces. That's the result of a new study, by palaeontologists from Uppsala University and from ESRF Grenoble, which is presented in a new article in Scientific Reports.
Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaurs’ ancestors
An international group of researchers has discovered that the most ancient dinosaurs' ancestors were quadrupedal.
Fossilised bird egg offers clues to Brazil’s prehistoric past
Brazilian scientists have uncovered a near-intact fossilised bird egg- Brazil’s first- in Sao Paulo State.
New fossil find pinpoints the origin of jaws in vertebrates
A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this feature has been seen so early in the fossil record.