Paleontologists have unveiled two exceptionally preserved “mummy” specimens of Edmontosaurus annectens, a well-known duck-billed dinosaur.
Edmontosaurus “Mummies” found with History’s First Hooves Read More »
Paleontologists have found a new species of turtle in Colorado that is dated right to the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary, and survived the extinction.
65-million Year Old Turtle Could Explain How to Survive Extinctions Read More »
Horseshoe crabs are called ‘living fossils’, but even so, we know surprisingly little about their early evolution, until the late Devonian.
80-million year gap in horsehoe crab fossil record filled Read More »
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.
Huge Cretaceous Monstersaur Lived With Dinosaurs; Now Discovered in Museum Jar Read More »
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,
Extraordinary 507-Million-Year-Old Creatures From the Grand Canyon Read More »
In Tennessee’s Gray Fossil Site, paleontologists have found fossils of an ancient deer, Eocoileus gentryorum, dating to the early pliocene.
5-Million Old Fossil is the Oldest Appalachian Deer Read More »
