New Pterosaur Species Discovered in Brazil
Paleontologists have identified a new species of pterosaur, named Galgadraco zephyrius, from fossil remains found in Upper Cretaceous Brazil.
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New Jurassic Ichthyosaur Species Discovered in Germany
Paleontologists have identified a new species of the marine reptile genus Eurhinosaurus, named Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, from Jurassic deposits in Bavaria, southern Germany.
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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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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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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 by the University of Cambridge uncovered a trove of soft-bodied Cambrian fossils. These were found primarily from an oxygen- and nutrient-balanced environment the team calls an evolutionary “Goldilocks zone”. These rare finds include snails, crustaceans,
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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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