Oldest Ankylosaur Fossils Ever Found Show Massive Spiky Armor Unlike Anything Ever Seen Before » TwistedSifter
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‘Teen’ fossil sheds light on mysterious dinosaurs
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A “teenaged”…
From a 20-Foot Poop Pile, Scientists Uncover the Secrets of Giant Sloths
Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests, and open savannahs. These differences in habitat…
Scientists Discover New “Ghost” Species of Marsupial, Closely Related to the Kangaroo
Bettong illustration. Credit: Nellie Pease Scientists have discovered a new species of marsupial in Australia’s bushland, closely related…
50-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Unearthed in Syria Stuns Paleontologists
Carapace of Syriemys lelunensis: The genus name combines the Greek words Συρία (Suría) and ἐμύς (emús), i.e., “Syria”…
What Dinosaur Teeth Reveal About Life 150 Million Years Ago
Photo of teeth in a jaw section of Giraffatitan from Tanzania (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, MB.R.2180.20.5). The light-coloured…
Brazilian Scientists Solve 50-Year-Old Fossil Enigma With Discovery of New Plant Genus
Fossil of the prehistoric plant Franscinella riograndensis, found in the Paraná Basin and dated to approximately 296 million…
Ancient proteins could transform palaeontology
ANCIENT PROTEINS nestled in fossils contain troves of information about long-dead creatures. However, like all ancient molecules, proteins…
Fossil teeth reveal dinosaur diet clues
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An Even Scarier Predator Hunted Giant ‘Terror Birds’ in South America
Sometime between 16 and 11.6 million years ago, a young caiman came upon a tasty snack in modern-day…