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New ancient species of cockroach discovered in the UK

PALEONTOLOGY
A pair of paleontologists at The Open University, working with a colleague from the National Museum of Scotland, have identified a new species of...

Biologists discover a new fossil species of prehistoric fish

PALEONTOLOGY
What do the ginkgo (a tree), the nautilus (a mollusk) and the coelacanth (a fish) all have in common? They don't look alike, and they...

New species of extinct walrus-like mammal discovered in the North Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT
A new discovery by a team of paleontologists, led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville (University of Tsukuba, Japan), has uncovered a new species of the...

Fossil hunter discovers new species of 210-million-year-old lungfish

PALEONTOLOGY
An extinct species of lungfish discovered in Zimbabwe could mark the beginnings of a sea change in our understanding of the animals. Close examination of...

A soft needle in an oceanic haystack: Scientists discover a new species of chordate

PALEONTOLOGY
The Cambrian fossil record indicates that most animal phyla had diversified and inhabited the Earth's oceans approximately 518 million years ago. But even though...

100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur

PALEONTOLOGY
New Curtin University-led research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland, Australia as belonging to a newly identified species of pterosaur, which...

First ever report of two ancient ape species cohabiting in Miocene Europe 11 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a study published June 7, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS...

New species of ancient vampire squid unearthed in Luxembourg

PALEONTOLOGY
A trio of paleontologists in Germany has found a fossilized vampire squid that they dated to 183 million years ago. In their paper published...

New species of 65 million year old fossil shark discovered in Alabama

PALEONTOLOGY
A team of scientists has discovered a new fossil shark species from Alabama. The shark is a new species of Palaeohypotodus, which means "ancient...

New species of ancient feline discovered in Spain

PALEONTOLOGY
A small team of paleontologists at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC has discovered a new species of ancient feline based on study of a...

Six new species of Western Australian trilobites discovered

PALEONTOLOGY
Six new species of trilobites have been found deep underground in the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Dr. Patrick Smith at the Australian Museum...

New ancient Asian alligator species identified

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A new species of ancient alligator from Thailand that is closely related to the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is described in a study published...
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