Early Long-Necked Marine Reptile Unearthed in China
The exceptionally long neck of Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis contained 42 cervical vertebrae, according to a research team led by…
New fossil billfish species named in honour of Otago palaeontologist
Professor Ewan Fordyce was a vertebrate palaeontologist who had a 40-year career in the University of Otago’s department…
Earth ‘can no longer sustain’ intensive fossil fuel use, Brazil’s President tells COP30
“Earth can no longer sustain the development model based on the intensive use of fossil fuels that has…
A 480-million-year-old fossil changes what we know about the origin of parasites |
For a long time, scientists believed that parasitic relationships between marine species developed much later in Earth’s history.…
Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils
Lichens are symbioses between fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many substrates,…
Rhinos Lived in High Arctic 23 Million Years Ago
Paleontologists have identified a new Early Miocene species of the rhinocerotid genus Epiaceratherium from the fossilized remains found…
Tiny Fossil Reveals Previously Unknown Songbird Lineage from New Zealand
Paleontologists have found the 2.9-cm-long fossilized foot bone of a possible bowerbird species at the Miocene locality of…
Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil
Paleontologists have uncovered the fossilized lower right canine of a large proborhyaenid sparassodont in the Taubaté Basin of…
Paranthropus boisei was Capable of Tool Making, New Fossil Suggests
Paleoanthropologists have unearthed and examined a hominin partial skeleton that includes hand and foot bones unambiguously associated with…
Humans Evolved from African Ape-Like Ancestor, Research Suggests
In new research, paleoanthropologists from the United States and Canada analyzed the morphology of a hominin talus (large…
Early evolution of the stonefly lineage (Insecta, Plecoptera) revealed by a new diversity of Carboniferous stem-group species | BMC Ecology and Evolution
Individual morphological characters and their phylogenetic significance Several morphological characters observed in Carbonoperlidae support the attribution to the…
New Species of Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified in Argentina
A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur being named Anteavis crurilongus has been described by a team…