New Fossil Crocodile from Ethiopia Lived alongside Australopithecus afarensis
Paleontologists examining fossils from Ethiopia have actually explained a formerly unidentified crocodile types that shared the landscape with a hominid types called Australopithecus afarensisCalled Crocodylus lucivenatorthe powerful predator might have…
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280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Evidence of Land Predators Attacking Herbivores
Paleontologists at the University of Toronto Mississauga have actually discovered lots of tooth marks on the fossilized bones of 3 juveniles of Diadectesamong the earliest big plant-eating vertebrates to stroll…
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Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada
For several years, the fossil record of pachycephalosaurs (dome-headed dinosaurs) has actually been controlled by fossilized skulls. The postcranial product of young pachycephalosaurs, by contrast, has actually stayed nearly completely…
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Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms
Fossils caught in amber aren’t simply gorgeous, they might protect genuine environmental interactions, consisting of possible parasitism or commensal relationships in between ants and termites, as exposed by a brand-new,…
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Fossil Shorebirds Tell New Story about Climate Change in Australia
Shorebirds are extensive birds whose reliance on seaside and wetland environments makes them reliable paleoenvironmental signs. Wading shorebirds are unusual in the fossil record, however Pleistocene deposits from the Naracoorte…
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1.5-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals New Details about Homo erectus
Paleoanthropologists have actually taken a look at and rebuilded DAN5, a 1.5-million-year-old fossilized skull of early Homo erectus discovered in Gona in the Afar area of Ethiopia. This is an…
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Remarkable Fossil from South Africa May Be New Species of Australopithecus: Study
New research study led by researchers from the University of Cambridge and Latrobe University challenges the category of the Little Foot fossil as Australopithecus prometheus The Little Foot fossil in…
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Fossil Site in Bolivia Records Thousands of Cretaceous Dinosaur Tracks, Tail Traces, and Swim Tracks
The Carreras Pampa website in the Torotoro National Park, Bolivia, records 1,321 trackways and 289 singular tracks, amounting to 16,600 theropod dinosaur tracks; 280 swim trackways, amounting to 1,378 swim…
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Fossil Offers First Known Evidence of Pterosaur Herbivory
Paleontologists from China and Brazil state they have actually discovered an overall of 320 phytoliths– tiny, stiff bodies made from mineral deposits that form inside plant cells– inside the fossilized…
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Tiny Fossil Reveals Previously Unknown Songbird Lineage from New Zealand
Paleontologists have actually discovered the 2.9-cm-long fossilized foot bone of a possible bowerbird types at the Miocene region of St Bathans in Aotearoa New Zealand. Life restoration of the St…
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