Were Australia’s First Peoples the World’s First Paleontologists?
Did Indigenous Australians hunt the continent’s now-extinct megafauna, or did they engage with fossils in a more symbolic and scientific way?
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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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Edmontosaurus “Mummies” found with History’s First Hooves
Paleontologists have unveiled two exceptionally preserved “mummy” specimens of Edmontosaurus annectens, a well-known duck-billed dinosaur.
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Several New Coelacanth Species Lived in Museum Drawer for 150 Years
Paleontologists reexamined old museum collections of Triassic fossils in Britain and uncovered that many specimens were previously misidentified.
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Two tiny Pterosaurs caught in a 150-million year old storm
In a new study published last week, Smyth and colleagues investigate injuries in baby pterosaurs from the Solnhofen limestone beds of Germany.
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65-million Year Old Turtle Could Explain How to Survive Extinctions
Paleontologists have found a new species of turtle in Colorado that is dated right to the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary, and survived the extinction.
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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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