Read more about the article Ray Of Light On Jaws’ 150-Million-Year-Old Ancestor
Image shows a palaeoreconstruction of the Solnhofen Archipelago 150 million years ago showing Protospinax annectans and the Jurassic ray Asterodermus platypterus, undated photo. Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria, found out that the Jurassic shark was very developed. (Manuel Andreas Staggl/Newsflash)

Ray Of Light On Jaws’ 150-Million-Year-Old Ancestor

Evolutionary biologists have apparently solved the mystery of the missing link between modern-day sharks and rays. A new study of fossils dating back 150 million years of a Jurassic fish…

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Read more about the article Amazed Boffins Discover 100-Million Years Old Turtle Footprints
Picture shows a turtle footprint in undated footage. Researchers from the Zhucheng Dinosaur Culture Research Center in Shandong Province, China, found more than 20 turtle footprints in dinosaur tracks at the Huanglonggou dinosaur footprint fossil site. (AsiaWire)

Amazed Boffins Discover 100-Million Years Old Turtle Footprints

Scientists in China have discovered 100-million-years-old fossilised turtle footprints, including one ‘among the world’s best preserved’. The rare discovery was made at the Huanglonggou fossil site, located in the eastern…

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Read more about the article Bird That Lived 120 Million Years Ago Was First To Eat Fruit
The Cretaceous bird Jeholornis pooping out seeds from fruit, helping fruit-bearing plants take over the world. Undated photo illustration. (Illustration by Zhixin Han and Yifan Wang,SWNS/Newsflash)

Bird That Lived 120 Million Years Ago Was First To Eat Fruit

The earliest-known animal to eat fruit was an ancient bird that lived 120 million years ago, according to new research. Hundreds of animals eat fruit now, but most fruit-bearing plants…

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Read more about the article Archaeologists Extract 30 Titanosaur Dinosaur Eggs From Huge Block Of Rock And Expect To Find 70 More
The first extracted titanosaur sauropod dinosaur egg near Huesca in northern Spain. (Universidad de Zaragoza/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Extract 30 Titanosaur Dinosaur Eggs From Huge Block Of Rock And Expect To Find 70 More

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Archaeologists have extracted 30 titanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-tonne block of rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 more deeper inside the…

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Read more about the article Customs Officials Find Giant Snail Fossils From Late Cretaceous Period In The Post
Paleontological fossil products seized by Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Customs in China.

Customs Officials Find Giant Snail Fossils From Late Cretaceous Period In The Post

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This is the moment Chinese customs officials find two incredibly beautiful paleontological fossils from the Late Cretaceous period in the post. The incident was filmed at Hangzhou International Airport in…

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Read more about the article Boffins Unearth 73 Fossilised Dino Bird Eggs From 85 Million Years Ago On University Campus
The site where 73 fossil eggs of prehistoric birds that lived during the Cretaceous period, approximately 85 million years ago, were found in the province of Neuquen, Argentina, it was announced in July 2021.

Boffins Unearth 73 Fossilised Dino Bird Eggs From 85 Million Years Ago On University Campus

Experts have unearthed 73 fossilised dinosaur eggs on a university campus from a species that was an ancestor of today's birds from the Cretaceous period 85 million years ago. The…

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