3.5-Billion-Year-Old Rock From Jharkhand May Be the Oldest Directly Dated Trace of Life
Zircons in the Bhitardari chert from Jharkhand date a possible microbial mat to 3,497 ± 5 million years ago, offering clues to Earth’s early life.
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India
Fossil news from India: shell-eating lizards from the Late Cretaceous and ancient teeth that trace the origins of the Indian bush rat.
India’s First Leptosuchomorph Is a Crocodile Look-Alike From Telangana’s Triassic
A Maleri Formation skull from Telangana reveals Primisuchus gillettei, India’s first leptosuchomorph phytosaur and a new Triassic marker.
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India’s First Silesaurid Is a Dinosaur Cousin With Forward-Jutting Teeth
A small skull from Madhya Pradesh reveals Rewasaurus minori, India’s first definitive silesaurid: a Late Triassic dinosaur cousin with forward-pointing teeth.
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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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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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