70-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Crocodile-Like Apex Predator Unearthed in Argentina

70-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Crocodile-Like Apex Predator Unearthed in Argentina

Paleontologists have actually uncovered a perfectly maintained skull and jaws along with part of the postcranial skeleton of a formerly unidentified peirosaur types in Patagonia, Argentina. Life restoration of Kostensuchus…

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5-Million-Year-Old Deer Fossils Unearthed in Tennessee

5-Million-Year-Old Deer Fossils Unearthed in Tennessee

Paleontologists have actually discovered the fossilized remains of the extinct deer types Eocoileus gentryorum at the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site of northeastern Tennessee, the United States. The specimens are…

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New Fossils from Tanzania and Zambia Shed Light on End-Permian Mass Extinction

New Fossils from Tanzania and Zambia Shed Light on End-Permian Mass Extinction

Paleontologists have actually determined the myriad of animals– saber-toothed predators, burrowing foragers and a big, salamander-like animal– that flourished in southern Pangea right before the end-Permian mass termination, about 252…

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73-Million-Year-Old Fossils Provide Oldest Evidence of Birds Nesting at Polar Latitudes

73-Million-Year-Old Fossils Provide Oldest Evidence of Birds Nesting at Polar Latitudes

Polar communities are structured and improved by birds, which nest there seasonally and work as keystone community members. In spite of the eco-friendly value of polar birds, the origins of…

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6-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Terrestrial Apex Predator Discovered in Dominican Republic

6-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Terrestrial Apex Predator Discovered in Dominican Republic

This pinnacle predator is a kind of sebecid crocodyliform with South American origins, according to brand-new research study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History. Sebecid crocodyliforms controlled South…

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New Fossils Reveal Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystem 75,000 Years after End-Permian Mass Extinction

New Fossils Reveal Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystem 75,000 Years after End-Permian Mass Extinction

Searching for land refugia ends up being important for human survival throughout the theoretical 6th mass termination. Studying previous similar crises can use insights, however there is no fossil proof…

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Palm Fossils from Subarctic Canada Imply Ice-Free Winters 48 Million Years Ago

Palm Fossils from Subarctic Canada Imply Ice-Free Winters 48 Million Years Ago

Palm trees of the people Trachycarpeae when flourished in what is now subarctic Canada, according to an analysis of fossilized phytoliths– tiny siliceous structures produced in particular tissues by lots…

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New Fossils from China Fill Gap in Early Evolutionary History of Birds

New Fossils from China Fill Gap in Early Evolutionary History of Birds

Paleontologists have actually uncovered the fossilized remains of 2 Jurassic bird types at an area in Zhenghe county, Fujian province, southeast China. These 149-million-year-old fossils show the early look of…

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New Fossils from Patagonia Clarify Body Plan of Patagonykine Dinosaurs

New Fossils from Patagonia Clarify Body Plan of Patagonykine Dinosaurs

In a brand-new research study released in the journal PLoS ONEpaleontologists evaluated the fossilized remains of the alvarezsaurid dinosaur Bonapartenykus from the Allen Formation of Patagonia. Their outcomes shed brand-new…

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400-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Enigmatic Jawed Vertebrate Unearthed in Australia

400-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Enigmatic Jawed Vertebrate Unearthed in Australia

Palaeospondylus gunnia little animal with an eel-like body that lived throughout the Middle Devonian date around 390 million years earlier, is represented by countless likewise protected fossils from Achannaras quarry…

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