PALEONTOLOGY

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Philippines, prompting tsunami warnings from Philippine and Indonesian authorities. Residents in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines were asked to evacuate as authorities warned of waves...
A strong earthquake rattled northwestern Turkey on Sunday, prompting residents to evacuate their homes, emergency officials reported. The 5.4-magnitude quake struck near the town of Simav in Kutahya province at a shallow depth of 8 kilometers...

New ichthyosaur species with robust ribs discovered in Jurassic clay pit

An international research team from Switzerland and Germany, led by Gaël Spicher (JURASSICA Museum, Porrentruy, Switzerland), has described a new ichthyosaur species based on...

Scientists discover a new dinosaur from Argentina with a crocodile bone in its mouth

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina with powerful claws, feasting on an ancient crocodile bone. The new find was possibly 23 feet (7...

Tiny extinct crocodyliform with unusual teeth discovered in Montana

About 95 million years ago, a juvenile crocodyliform nicknamed Elton lived in what is now southwest Montana at the edge of the Western Interior...

Crocodile-relative ‘hypercarnivore’ from prehistoric Patagonia was over 3 meters long and weighed 250 kilos

A newly discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil from Argentina, according to a study published...

Mammoth DNA from Mexico reveals a divergent lineage

Long before the construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which lies northeast of Mexico City, the area was home to the former Lake...

100-million-year-old pearl fossil found in ancient seabed in Australian outback

Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling dinosaurs, there lived a group of massive clams called Inoceramus. With some species having...

Oldest known docodontan fossil found in Greenland narrows the evolutionary gap

In a recent study by Dr. Sofia Patrocínio and her colleagues, published in Papers in Palaeontology, a new specimen of Docodonta is described. This fossil...

Clues for dinosaurs’ diets found in the chemistry of their fossil teeth

You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While the grub itself may be long gone,...

Fossil vertebra reveals hidden diversity of ancient reptiles before Earth’s largest mass extinction

An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central...

Fossil discovery reveals the Grand Canyon was a ‘Goldilocks zone’ for the evolution of early animals

A treasure trove of exceptionally preserved early animals from more than half a billion years ago has been discovered in the Grand Canyon, one...

Dinosaur tracks reveal first evidence of mixed-species herding behavior

Footprints of a multispecies herd of dinosaurs discovered in Canada demonstrate the social interaction between different dinosaur species 76 million years ago, according to...

Ancient caiman may have preyed on another apex predator—the giant ‘terror bird’

The La Venta fossil site in Colombia is home to a rich fossil record, yielding a particularly diverse set of vertebrate fossil assemblages. The...

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