New Ankylosaur Found With Armour Like Nothing Seen Before In Dinosaurs
From the dusty ridge tops of Morocco, paleontologists have found a really cool ankylosaur. Spicomellus afer – the oldest known ankylosaur.
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Author: Triassic Times
Dinosaur Fossil Teeth Can Help us Understand Ancient Climates
Reconstructing ancient climates is important, but it isn’t easy. A new paper uses new techniques to measure ancient CO₂ levels, using dino teeth.
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Ancient Forests Sparked an Oxygen Boom in the Devonian Seas
Scientists have found evidence the Devonian coincides with rise in oxygen in deeper ocean. This could explain why the Devonian saw so much diversification.
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New Isle of Wight Dinosaur Flaunted a Dramatic Back Sail
Scientists have discovered a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Isle of Wight that sports an unmistakable “sail” along its back and tail.
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5-Million Old Fossil is the Oldest Appalachian Deer
In Tennessee’s Gray Fossil Site, paleontologists have found fossils of an ancient deer, Eocoileus gentryorum, dating to the early pliocene.
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Dragonfly Fossil that lived with Dinosaurs found in Canada
A fossil dragonfly wing found impressed in a rock, has given scientists a rare glimpse into Canada’s Cretaceous insects. The 75-million-year-old insect has been named Cordualadensa acorni. And it is the first Mesozoic dragonfly ever found in Canada.
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Beautiful Shiny Insect Fossil Found in Amber with Pollen On Its Legs
In the Cretaceous, amber resin dripped from trees and, sometimes, trapped tiny insects. Now, 100 million years later, we have found a beautiful, shiny insect trapped in amber.
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Australia’s Shark-Toothed Whale Adds a New Chapter to Whale Evolution
Fossil hunters have pulled a startling creature from the past in Australia. A tiny whale with razor teeth and huge eyes from 26 million years ago.
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New Fossils Show Early Humans and Australopithecus Lived Side by Side
Researchers have uncovered new evidence of early human relatives, belonging to two distinct genera – Homo and Australopithecus – living around the same time in the same place.
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First Evidence of Shell-Eating Lizards Found in Cretaceous India
Researchers in India have found the first fossil evidence of durophagous lizards (lizards adapted to eat hard-shelled prey) from the Late Cretaceous period.
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