Jurassic crocodile sheds light on family tree
A newly identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile has given insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved.
A newly identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile has given insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved.
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Apr 4, 2019
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Using two partially fragmented fossil skulls, a student at the University of Bristol has digitally reconstructed, in three-dimensions, the skulls of two species of ancient reptile that lived in the Late Triassic, one of which ...
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2019
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Spectacular flying reptiles armed with long teeth and claws which once dominated the skies have been rediscovered, thanks to a palaeontology student's PhD research.
Archaeology
Dec 20, 2018
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A team of Spanish and Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a dinosaur that lived 110 million years ago in the center of the country, the National University of La Matanza revealed Friday.
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2018
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Fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind have been discovered on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
Archaeology
Nov 7, 2017
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Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant at the time of death.
Archaeology
Aug 28, 2017
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Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say Alaska and Florida university researchers.
Archaeology
Sep 22, 2015
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Researchers have examined one of the smallest parts of the fossil record—theropod teeth—to shed light on the evolution of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous. Findings published in the prestigious journal Acta Palaeontologica ...
Archaeology
Aug 7, 2015
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A recent study by means of neutron tomography revealed that some forerunners of mammals were already able to hear airborne sound, because these animals already possessed an eardrum at the lower jaw, an impedance-matching ...
Archaeology
Jul 8, 2015
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Little is known about the oldest sea turtles that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago. The finding in the Baetic Cordillera, in Jaén, of the remains of a supposed new species of turtle, Hispaniachelys prebetica—considered ...
Archaeology
Mar 19, 2015
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