Tag: palaeontology news
Ancient scorpion the size of a labrador once roamed Britain
A 415-million-year-old fossil long believed to belong to a giant marine crustacean has now been reclassified as one of the largest scorpions ever discovered, according to a new study published in the journal "Palaeontology".
Blob of fossilised vomit discovered at Stevns Klint in Denmark
A local fossil hunter exploring Stevns Klint on the Danish island of Zealand has discovered a rare blob of fossilised vomit, also known as regurgitalite.
Ichthyosaur found on remote Artic island upends previous evolutionary theory
Palaeontologists have found the remains of an Ichthyosaur on the island of Spitsbergen, located in the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.
The rise of the giant prehistoric bugs
Insects and terrestrial arthropods have inhabited the Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs, growing much larger to their contemporary equivalents during the Carboniferous period, due in part to a surplus of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Mongolarachne Jurassica – The giant spiders of the Jurassic
The Mongolarachne are an extinct genus of giant spiders that existed during the Jurassic period.
Previously unknown dolphin species discovered in Switzerland
Researchers at the University of Zurich’s Palaeontological Institute have discovered two previously unknown species related to modern sperm whales and oceanic dolphins based on a study of fossilised ear bones.