Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head
Paleontologists in China have identified a new species of armored, jawless fish from rocks around 419 million years…
Denisovans Were Surprisingly Tall, New Fossils from Taiwan Suggest
Two fossilized leg bones of Denisovans — an extinct archaic Homo group whose lineage diverged from the Neanderthal…
Fossil Evidence Pushes Back Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years
Paleontologists studying a 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil from Argentina say they have found the earliest evidence yet of viviparity…
Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
For more than a century, paleontologists studying the Late Jurassic seas that once covered southern Germany believed only…
Tiny New Primate Species Emerges from 50-Million-Year-Old Wyoming Sandstone
Paleontologists working in southern Wyoming have identified a previously unknown species of omomyid primate, adding a new chapter…
Fossil Find in China Reveals Dinosaur Family Never Before Seen in East Asia
Paleontologists working in southern China have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur that appears to belong to…
244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System
An exquisitely preserved specimen of Austronaga minuta, a small, long-necked marine reptile from the Triassic of China, contains…
520-Million-Year-Old Fossil from China Fills Gap in Evolutionary History of Cephalopods
Paleontologists have identified the earliest-known cephalopod equipped with a siphuncle — a tubular extension of the mantle found…
Japanese Fossil Bee Fills Two-Million-Year Gap in Honeybee History
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the…
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest…
Small Sauropod Dinosaur from Jurassic Period Discovered in India
Paleontologists in India have unearthed a partial skeleton of a diminutive, previously unknown neosauropod dinosaur from the Middle…
Oldest Known Male Gecko Found Preserved in Kachin Amber
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of ancient gecko found in two pieces of amber from…