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…
Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England
University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid…
Two Jurassic Mammal Relatives Had Uniquely Shaped Jaw Joints
The evolution of the modern mammal jaw is more complex than previously thought, according to a new analysis…
Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they…
Global biofuels production emits 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels it replaces, a new Cerulogy report on…
New Species of Abelisaurid Dinosaur Discovered in Argentina
A new genus and species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur has been discovered by a team of paleontologists from…
Ancestors of Modern Demosponges Were Earth’s First Animals: Study
Scientists from MIT and elsewhere have identified chemical fossils that may have been left by ancient sponges in…