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Oligocene

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Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show
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Early Platypuses Had Strong Teeth and Powerful Jaws, Fossils Show

  • April 28, 2026
New fossils from the Namba Formation of South Australia reveal that 25 million years ago, Obdurodon insignis —…
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Fossil ant colony preserved in a piece of Baltic amber from Lithuania. Image credit: José de la Fuente & Agustín Estrada-Peña, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2026.1724595.
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Fossil Amber Preserves Ecological Interactions between Ancient Ants and Other Organisms

  • February 27, 2026
Fossils trapped in amber aren’t just beautiful, they may preserve real ecological interactions, including possible parasitism or commensal…
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The right lower canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont from the Tremembé Formation, Brazil. Scale bars - 5 mm in (A-E) and 20 mm in (H). Image credit: Rangel et al., doi: 10.4072/rbp.2025.2.0534.
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Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil

  • October 24, 2025
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of…
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Tilia magnasepala. Image credit: Christian Geier.
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Oligocene-Period Fossils Provide Evidence of Pollination Interaction between Flowers and Bumblebees

  • September 23, 2025
Paleontologists have screened 24-million-year-old fossil flowers and bees from the Late Oligocene of Enspel, Germany, and identified a…
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