80-million year gap in horsehoe crab fossil record filled
Horseshoe crabs are called ‘living fossils’, but even so, we know surprisingly little about their early evolution, until the late Devonian.
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Author: Triassic Times
5-million year old teeth indicate Indian origins of bush rat genus
Scientists in India have found an ancient ancestor of the Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti), which is the only surviving species of its genus.
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New 12-foot Cretaceous Crocodilian Species Discovered in Patagonia
Paleontologists have found a new species of crocodilians, Kostensuchus atrox, measuring almost 12 feet (3.5m) and weighing roughly 250kg.
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New Apex “Megaraptor” Dinosaur May Have Hunted Crocodiles
Scientists found a new megaraptor fossil in Patagonia, with a crocodile leg in its teeth. Megaraptorans may have been apex predators.
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Adolescent Pachycephalosaurs also Headbutted, According to New Discovery
Scientists in Mongolia have discovered a 108-million year-old juvenile pachycephalosaur who had a fully-formed dome on its head.
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Scientists Use New Scientific Techniques to Successfully Date Dinosaur Eggs
Paleontologists have successfully directly dated dinosaur egg fossils, by using a new method of dating, rather than relying on the surrounding rocks.
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A 310-Million-Year-Old Fish That Crushed Prey With Its Tongue
A 310-million-year-old fish, Platysomus parvulus, shows the now oldest known “tongue bite”. It has extra teeth on the roof and floor of its mouth.
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A New Analysis of Trilobite Fossils Tells Us How They Walked
A new study of 156 cambrian trilobites, belonging to 28 individuals of the same species (Olenoides serratus) has yielded some definitive results.
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Huge Cretaceous Monstersaur Lived With Dinosaurs; Now Discovered in Museum Jar
Paleontologists undertook an arduous deep dig in trenches of… a museum in Utah. They found armored lizard bones. Named Bolg amondol, this newly identified lizard lived in the Late Cretaceous, around 76 million years ago.
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Extraordinary 507-Million-Year-Old Creatures From the Grand Canyon
A jaw-dropping fossil cache was found in the Grand Canyon. In a 2023 expedition along the Colorado River, paleontologists led
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