New Dinosaur Species from Argentina May Have Specialized in Catching Fish
Paleontologists in Argentina have identified a previously unknown species of unenlagiid dinosaur that stalked freshwater wetlands during the…
490-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Fills Puzzling Gap in Fossil Record
A new species of corcoraniid arthropod that lived during the Furongian epoch, between 497 and 487 million years…
Rare Ostrich-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found on Canadian Island
Paleontologists in Canada say they have recovered a dinosaur tail vertebra from 75- to 80-million-year-old marine rocks on…
‘T. rex’ Mosasaur Ruled the Seas 80 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have described a gigantic new species of mosasaur — stretching up to 13.2 m (43 feet) long…
New Species of Fossil Koala Found in Museum Drawer
Long-overlooked fossils in the Western Australian Museum collection have been identified as a new species of koala. Named…
This 25 Million Year Old Platypus Had Teeth Built to Crack Open Armored Prey
Artistic reconstruction of Obdurodon in its natural environment. Credit: Gen Conway/Flinders University Paleontology Lab The platypus is already…
Omnivorous, Rodent-Like Mammal Lived in Dinosaurs’ Shadow on Pacific Coast
Paleontologists have descibed a new species of the multituberculate mammal genus Cimolodon based on a fossil found in…
Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show
New fossils from the Namba Formation of South Australia reveal that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis —…
Big-Nosed Herbivorous Dinosaur May Have Been Picky Eater
New research shows that the large-bodied ornithopod dinosaur Muttaburrasaurus langdoni from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia was no ordinary…
500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Identified as Oldest Known Chelicerate
Paleontologists at Harvard University have described a large predatory arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of Utah featuring massive…
Early Miocene Fossil Fills Gap in Ape Family Tree
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of fossil ape that lived about 17-18 million years ago…
New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Unearthed in Korea
A new species of small plant-eating dinosaur has been identified from a partial skeleton of a juvenile individual…