Ancient proteins identify various Denisovan remains from Southwest China
Archaeological site and samples Bianfu Cave (26° 27′ 43.65′′ N, 100° 09′ 55.45′′ E) is in Heqing County, western Yunnan Province in southwestern China,…
Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur
Bell, P. R. Standardized terminology and potential taxonomic utility for hadrosaurid skin impressions: a case study for Saurolophus…
A Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction
Erwin, D. H. & Valentine, J. W. The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity (Roberts & Company,…
Four camera-type eyes in the earliest vertebrates from the Cambrian Period
Eakin, R. M. The Third Eye (Univ. of California Press,1973). Book Google Scholar Lamb, T. D. Evolution of…
Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia
Ripple, W. J. et al. Status and ecological effects of the world’s largest carnivores. Science 343, 1241484 (2014).…
This Unusual Dinosaur Had A Sail Along Its Back To Increase Its Allure » TwistedSifter
James Brown/University of Portsmouth/Natural History Museum Just because dinosaurs roamed our planet over a hundred million years ago,…
Early gigantic lamniform marks the onset of mega-body size in modern shark evolution
Compagno, L. J. V. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). in Sharks of the world.…
Million-year-old Skull Could Change Human Evolution Timeline
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years…
Mosaic anatomy in an early fossil squamate
Preservation and taphonomy of NMS G.2023.7.1 Disarticulated bones of NMS G.2023.7.1 are spread over a diameter of approximately…
Latest Cretaceous megaraptorid theropod dinosaur sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology
Systematic palaeontology Saurischia Seeley, 188737 Theropoda Marsh, 188138 Tetanurae Gauthier, 198639 Megaraptora Benson, Carrano, and Brusatte, 201033 Megaraptoridae…
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia
Sues, H.-D. Functional morphology of the dome in pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs. N. Jb. Geol. Palaontol. Mh. 8, 459–472 (1978).…
The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations
Uetz, P. et al. The Reptile Database (accessed 29 January 2024); http://www.reptile-database.org. Evans, S. E. & Borsuk-Białynicka, M.…