55-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Eggshells Found in Australia
Named Wakkaoolithus godthelpi, this eggshell type belonged to mekosuchine crocodiles and represent the oldest crocodilian eggshells ever found…
Early evolution of the stonefly lineage (Insecta, Plecoptera) revealed by a new diversity of Carboniferous stem-group species | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Individual morphological characters and their phylogenetic significance Several morphological characters observed in Carbonoperlidae support the attribution to the…
Fossil hand bones hint that ancient human relative Paranthropus made tools 1.5 million years ago
A 1.5-million-year-old set of hand bones, unearthed from a lake bed in Kenya, are the first to suggest…
Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England
University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid…
Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they…
Global biofuels production emits 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels it replaces, a new Cerulogy report on…
Sword-snouted dragon that swam with dinosaurs found on UK’s Jurassic Coast
A new species of ancient marine reptile has been identified from exceptionally well-preserved fossilized remains unearthed in the…
Mastodons were Far More Genetically Diverse than Previously Known, Ancient DNA Shows
Ancient DNA has been useful in reconciling deep evolutionary relationships and responses to ecological changes in elephants and…
New Study Confirms Partial Hemoglobin Preservation in Dinosaur Remains
Using a technique called Resonance Raman spectroscopy, paleontologists have detected hemoglobin remnants in bone extracts from two dinosaur…
Paleontologists Identify New Species of Triassic Dinosaur
A large jaw of a predatory archosaur species from the latest Triassic of South Wales, named Zanclodon cambrensis,…
New Marsupial Species Discovered in Australia
Named Bettongia haoucharae, the newly-discovered species of woylie is already likely extinct, says a team of researchers from…
New Plant-Eating Dinosaur Species Unveiled
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of early eusauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic…
Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokémon face
WELLINGTON Â Paleontologists have identified a new species of ancient whale after a 25-million-year-old fossil was discovered on…