Exquisite New Fossil Shows Scientists How Much More Ferocious Australia's Crocs Once Were
The wider mouth also meant it had room for an extra tooth, and Yates believes it would have pretty much eaten "whatever it wanted".
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A Kind of Cretaceous Crane Enters Fossil Record as Long-Legged Wading Dinosaur Found in China
Scientists say the previously unknown species was a "high-speed runner" who lived in a "swamp-like" environment during the Jurassic Period.
Digging A Wastewater Pipe Reveals Fossil Treasure Trove of Unknown Species 3-Million-Years-Old
182 different mollusks were recorded, including the oldest known member of the genera containing the famous New Zealand flax snail.
New T-Rex Cousins Had Bulldog Snouts and Even Shorter Arms But Still Ruled in North Africa
The two new dinosaur species belong to the Abelisauridae, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs that were counterparts to the tyrannosaurs
500 Million Year-Old Jellyfish-Oldest Ever Found-May Have Swallowed Prey Whole
In terms of reaching back to point that jellies evolved mobility, Burgessomedusa phasmiformis is the farthest anyone has ever gone.
13-Year-old Finds Megalodon Shark Tooth on Vacation at the Beach
The schoolboy had previously collected around 100 small shark teeth during trips to the shoreline, which is a known spot for prehistoric finds
Pterosaur Dubbed 'Elvis' Because of Quiff-like Bony Crest on its Head 145 Million Years Ago
It has the biggest crest for its sub-group and is one of the largest pterosaurs from the Jurassic, one that's reminicent of Elvis Presley.
Fossil Preserves Dinosaur Being Attacked and Eaten by Mammal as Mudslide Entombs them Both
The scene was frozen in time by a mudslide and contains some of the first evidence of actual predatory behavior by a mammal on a dinosaur.
Fossil Hunter Finds 4-Foot-Long Mammoth Tusk Sitting in Plain Sight
Fossils Galore founder Jamie Jordan made a mammoth discovery when he spied a four-foot-long tusk in a quarry 90 miles north of London.
Nature's Famous Spiral is Coded into 400 Million Years of Plants-But Not in This New Fossil
The Early Devonian Period produced a plant known as the clubmoss, which arranged its leaves in a spiral, but outside the Fibonacci Sequence.
Largest Dinosaur Skull Ever Discovered Going on Display-A Torosaur Named Adam
Once, the enormous, 10-foot-long dome belonged to a male Torosaurus that weighed over 6.5 tons. the largest skull of any known land animal.
Woman Finds Foot-long Mastodon Tooth From Ice Age on a California Beach
A woman didn't know she had passed up the oportunity to walk home with a mastodon tooth, but fortunately the musem got a hold of it.
New Dinosaur With Rows of Bristles On its Head Like a Toothbrush Has Been Discovered
Paleontologists who discovered the beast completed a CT scan on the skull and revealed these bristles, described like a "brush cut."
Pony-Sized Dinosaurs Swam or Floated Across Hundreds of Miles of Ocean from America to Colonize Africa
The anatomy of the new species fits that of the European species, prompting researchers to reluctantly suggest the dinosaurs swam to Africa.
Newly Discovered Fossil Named For David Attenborough Pushes Back Era of Toothless Birds by 50 Million Years
In honor of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the name given by Chicago naturalists means "Attenborough's strange bird."
Fascinating Species of 200 Million-Year-old Flying Reptile Discovered in Britain
Brits might find it strange to think that their island once sat in subtropical sea where dozens of lizards climbed trees in steamy forests.
Amateur Paleontologists Discover Site of Epic Importance-400 Fossils from 470M Years Ago Amid Global Warming
Two amateur paleontologists discovered a site of 'worldwide importance' in France containing 400 fossils that date back 470 million years.
Newly Discovered Giant Dinosaur Species May Be Closest Known Relative of T. rex
It's also possible that it was the first of the Tyrannosaurids to experiment with a giant body, owing to the giant herbivores it preyed on.
New Species of Pterosaur Discovered in Scotland Persisted 25 Million Years More Than Previously Thought
The Isle of Skye isn't known colloquially for paleontology, but during the Jurassic Era, it was a hotspot for pterosaurs, and a newly-described species of this flying reptile is surprising scientists. Belonging to the clade Darwinoptera, it joins two other species both of which were found in China, and is the second different species to […]
These 385 Million-year-old Tree Roots Look Just Like Ours, and Tell a Tale Just Like Ours
While seemingly obvious, the roots were a radical new way for trees to live back in the mid-Devonian when Archaeopteris was evolving
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