Complex Colonial Life Was Already Thriving during Cambrian Explosion
Tiny colonial animals called bryozoans were long thought to have appeared tens of millions of years after the…
Paleontologists Identify New Hyaenodont Species in Pakistan
Paleontologists have recovered the fossilized remains of three hyaenodont species, including one previously unknown to science, from Miocene…
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…
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…
Cretaceous Bird from China Had Pair of Tail Feathers Twice as Long as Its Body
Named Plumadraco bankoorum, the newly-described species of enantiornithine bird lived in what is now northeastern China during the…
Toothless, Bipedal Crocodile Relative Lived in New Mexico 212 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have described a new species of bipedal shuvosaurid archosaur from New Mexico, shedding light on a group…
Triassic-era crocodile relative walked on 2 legs, had a beaked mouth
Fossilized remains of a bizarre crocodile ancestor were unearthed from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Meet Labrujasuchus expectatus, a…
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…
83-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Lizard Fossil Unearthed in France
Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of pan-shinisaur lizard from a partial upper jaw discovered in…
‘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…
Giant Tyrannosaur Fossil Found in New Mexico
A large tyrannosaurid dinosaur may have stalked the floodplains of what is now New Mexico nearly 74 million…
Cut marks on 1.6-million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved and processed meat in Kenya
A new study from northern Kenya adds fresh detail to how early humans found, processed, and consumed meat…