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A remarkable set of fossil feathers revealed an unexpected pattern. Hidden within the ancient plumage was a clue that had remained unnoticed for 160 million years.

Fossils sealed between million-year-old volcanic ash layers reveal a lost North Island ecosystem that disappeared long before humans arrived.

Cradled within the soft blue-grey embrace of the Gault Clay lies this beautifully preserved Proeuhoplites subtuberculatus, collected from Bed II (iv) of the Folkestone Gault in Kent, southeast England. Measuring just 35 millimetres across, this ...

For more than 150 years, this fossil's identity remained a mystery. Scientists now say it belonged to an ancient scorpion.

This fossil appears to be a Drymopora auloporoidea (Davis, 1885). It was found in the Devonian Period layer of Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. The fossil was from the collection of James Conkin.First named in the 1885 publication Kentucky Fossil C...

Scientists have revealed the habits of a massive "kraken-like" giant octopus - the size of two London buses. Newly-identified fossils were analysed by Hokkaido University paleontologists, who found that some ancient species were up to 19 metres in length. The research, published in the journal Science, suggests the prehistoric octopuses could have preyed upon vertebrates such as the mosasaurs and…

Sometimes, the most important paleontological discoveries may come from the most disgusting materials. Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Paleontology , Predator , Reptile , Fossils

Fossils are remarkable for their ability to viscerally connect us with long-lost life. The bulk of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull, the biting point of a shark tooth, the startling familiarity of a hominin footprint—and then there’s the charm inherent to any sample of regurgitalite, the paleontological term for fossilized vomit. Okay, charm might be a stretch, but to the right scientist, the rare finds…

Tyrannoroter heberti, a new species of pantylid ‘microsaur’ from the Carboniferous period, shows that some of Earth’s earliest land vertebrates had already evolved complex teeth for grinding plants, suggesting terrestrial herbivory emerged rapidly after animals moved onto land. The post 307-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Plant-Eating Land Vertebrate Found in Canada appeared first on Sci.News: Breakin…

A mysterious discovery in a submerged cave off Mexico's coast reveals Ice Age fossils of species that once roamed the Earth.

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