A fossil found by an elk hunter in Montana nearly seven years ago has led to the discovery of a new species of prehistoric sea creature that lived about 70 million years ago in the inland sea that flowed east of the Rocky ...
Archaeology
Apr 13, 2017
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In the 250-million-year evolutionary history of turtles, scientists have seen nothing like the pig nose of a new species of extinct turtle discovered in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by a team from the Natural ...
Archaeology
Oct 21, 2015
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A new species of one of the most recognizable types of dinosaur is the oldest stegosaur ever found in Asia, and one of the earliest unearthed anywhere in the world, according to research published today in the peer-reviewed ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 4, 2022
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Millions of years ago, in the warm Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, walrus species without tusks lived abundantly.
Archaeology
Nov 16, 2020
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A previously undiscovered species of crocodile-like amphibian that lived during the rise of dinosaurs was among Earth's top predators more than 200 million years ago, a study shows.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 23, 2015
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A new study has uncovered a new thalattosuchian—an ancient 'sister' of modern-day crocodiles' ancestors.
Evolution
Jan 31, 2023
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We've all seen "Jurassic Park." We all know T. rex. But what about B. rex?
Archaeology
Oct 11, 2016
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Arenaerpeton supinatus was discovered in rocks cut from a nearby quarry that were intended for the building of a garden wall.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 9, 2023
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Five million years ago, dangerous carnivores—such as giant wolverines and otters, bears, sabertooth cats, and large hyaenids—prowled the West Coast of South Africa. Today we can confirm that, among them, fearlessly roamed ...
Archaeology
Nov 2, 2020
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Teeth can reveal a lot, such as how the earliest mammals lived with their neighbors. Researchers have uncovered dozens of fossilized teeth in Kuwajima, Japan and identified this as a new species of tritylodontid, an animal ...
Archaeology
Apr 25, 2016
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