News tagged with jaws
Fossil fragments reveal 500-million-year-old monster predator
Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers from Uppsala University and colleagues reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that h ...
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Bizarre fossil crocodile dispels notion that these reptiles are static and unchanging
(PhysOrg.com) -- We all know that crocodiles are reptiles with long snouts, conical teeth, strong jaws and long tails. But according to researchers at Stony Brook University in New York, we don't know what ...
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Dec 08, 2010 |
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Why certain fishes went extinct 65 million years ago
Large size and a fast bite spelled doom for bony fishes during the last mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to a new study to be published March 31, 2009, in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Weird Australian hammer-tooth marsupial fossil found
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils of bizarre lizard-like, snail-eating marsupials have been discovered by UNSW palaeontologists in an ancient fossil field in the Riversleigh World Heritage area in Queensland. The fossils ...
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Apr 20, 2011 |
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Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear found
Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the discovery of Liaoconodon hui, a complete fossil mammal from the Mesozoic found in China that includ ...
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Apr 13, 2011 |
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Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China.
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Apr 01, 2011 |
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Researchers discover genetic clues to evolution of jaws in vertebrates
(PhysOrg.com) -- A half-billion years ago, vertebrates lacked the ability to chew their food. They did not have jaws. Instead, their heads consisted of a flexible, fused basket of cartilage.
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Researcher finds missing link between ancient toothed whales and modern baleen whales
(PhysOrg.com) -- Erich Fitzgerald, an Australian paleontologist, believes he has found the missing link between ancient toothed whales that caught and ate fish and modern baleen whales that eat by sucking ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Study says T. rex has most powerful bite of any terrestrial animal
Research at the University of Liverpool, using computer models to reconstruct the jaw muscle of Tyrannosaurus rex, has suggested that the dinosaur had the most powerful bite of any living or extinct terres ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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Dinosaur-chewing mammals leave behind oldest known tooth marks
Paleontologists have discovered the oldest mammalian tooth marks yet on the bones of ancient animals, including several large dinosaurs. They report their findings in a paper published online June 16 in the ...
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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Experts: Ancient Mexicans crossbred wolf-dogs
(AP) -- Mexican researchers said Wednesday they have identified jaw bones found in the pre-Hispanic ruins of Teotihuacan as those of wolf-dogs that were apparently crossbred as a symbol of the city's warriors.
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Dec 16, 2010 |
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'Anaconda' meets 'Jurassic Park': Study shows ancient snakes ate dinosaur babies (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The remains of an extraordinary fossil unearthed in 67-million-year-old sediments from Gujarat, western India provide a rare glimpse at an unusual feeding behavior in ancient snakes.
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Mar 02, 2010 |
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Humans have a mighty bite: Size matters, but efficiency matters more
The robust jaws and formidable teeth of some of our ancestors and ape cousins may suggest that humans are wimps when it comes to producing a powerful bite: but a new study has found the opposite is true, with ...
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Jun 22, 2010 |
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New piece in the jigsaw puzzle of human origins
In an article in today's Nature, Uppsala researcher Martin Brazeau describes the skull and jaws of a fish that lived about 410 million years ago. The study may give important clues to the origin of jawed vertebrates, and th ...
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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Scientists name two new species of horned dinosaur
Two new horned dinosaurs have been named based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada. The new species, Unescopceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisoni, are from the Leptoceratopsidae family of hor ...
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Mar 12, 2012 |
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