Read more about the article Scientist Discovers Worlds Oldest Non Marine Crab Trapped In Amber For 100 Million Years
Cretapsara athanata: The first crab in amber from the dinosaur era. (Lida Xing/Newsflash)

Scientist Discovers Worlds Oldest Non Marine Crab Trapped In Amber For 100 Million Years

A researcher in Canada has discovered the oldest non-marine crab ever which also happens to be the most complete fossil of a crab ever discovered because it was trapped in…

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Read more about the article Aussie Raptor Like Dino Thought To Have Been Massive Predator Revealed As Timid Vegetarian
A life-reconstruction of the 220 million-year-old dinosaur track-maker from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia to scale with a 1.7-metre-tall person. (Anthony Romilio, Kamil Porembinski/Newsflash)

Aussie Raptor Like Dino Thought To Have Been Massive Predator Revealed As Timid Vegetarian

This Australian velociraptor-like dinosaur once thought to have been a massive predator has been revealed to have been a "timid vegetarian" instead. The University of Queensland in Australia has released…

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Read more about the article Scientists Recreate What Twin Horned Flesh Eating Dinosaur With Scaly Skin Would Have Looked Like Using Fossil Remains
An up-close illustration of the Carnotaurus' horn which earned it the name 'carnivorous bull'

Scientists Recreate What Twin Horned Flesh Eating Dinosaur With Scaly Skin Would Have Looked Like Using Fossil Remains

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A flesh-eating dinosaur with horns that earned it the name 'carnivorous bull' has taken shape in a series of illustrations created by researchers studying fossil evidence, who also discovered it…

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Read more about the article New 95 Million Year Old Fish Species Discovered In Mexico
The fossil of a fish not previously identified, dated 95 million years ago, discovered by Paleontologists from UNAM in 2018 in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Mexico, published the findings in July 2021.

New 95 Million Year Old Fish Species Discovered In Mexico

Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of fish that lived 95 million years ago. Palaeontologists from the Institute of Geology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) found the…

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Read more about the article Fossil Of Unknown Bird Species Resembling Great Tit Found During Dig At UNESCO Site
The exceptionally well-preserved fossil found by the Senckenberg team.

Fossil Of Unknown Bird Species Resembling Great Tit Found During Dig At UNESCO Site

A well-preserved fossil of an unknown bird species which resembles the great tit has been uncovered at an UNESCO World Heritage site by German archaeologists. The well-conserved fossil of a…

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Read more about the article UK And German Boffins Classify Fossil Crocodile Teeth Almost 110 Years After They Ended Up In A Museum
An illustrative image by the NHM Vienna showing a large relative of the crocodiles (Plesiosuchina) that attacks a smaller plesiosaur, with a Torvoneustes in the background.

UK And German Boffins Classify Fossil Crocodile Teeth Almost 110 Years After They Ended Up In A Museum

University of Edinburgh experts have helped prove that fossil teeth dating back 138 million years found more than a hundred years ago in Europe are from previously unknown species of…

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Read more about the article Marine Fish Thrived During Last Period Of Global Warming Say Fossil Hunters
A percomorph, a member of the same group that includes familiar Michigan species such as walleye and perch, from Ras Gharib A. Scalebar equals 10 mm.

Marine Fish Thrived During Last Period Of Global Warming Say Fossil Hunters

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A brief period in which there were elevated global temperatures over 50 million years ago is showing that fish nevertheless managed to flourish. Researchers made the claims in a paper…

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Read more about the article Palaeontologists Discover 93-Million-Year-Old Winged Shark
Reconstruction of the newly discovered fossil shark Aquilolamna milarcae found in the municipality of Vallecillo in Mexico with its noticeably enlarged pectoral fins.

Palaeontologists Discover 93-Million-Year-Old Winged Shark

A prehistoric shark with wing-like fins for whizzing through the oceans has been discovered by a team of European and Mexican palaeontologists. The 93-million-year-old eagle shark from the Cretaceous period…

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