Palaeontologists found the fossil in January 2020 while searching for feathered dinosaurs in Santa Cruz province in Argentina. “They did not achieve their goal,” says Mariana Chuliver at ...

Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.

Using computer modelling, experts produced estimates that T. Rex might have been 70% heavier than what the fossil evidence ... Aug. 26, 2024 — An international team of paleontologists has found ...

A newly discovered frog fossil represents the oldest tadpole ever found, and it looks remarkably like the tadpoles you’re probably familiar with except for one thing—it was a giant.

The fossil showed unique stalked eyes and centipede-like characteristics. The face of a car-size, millipede-like creature — the largest arthropod ever to live — has finally been revealed ...

Scientists from Brazil say a recently discovered fossil may help explain how dinosaurs evolved and came to rule the planet. The bones date back to approximately 237 million years ago, making them ...

The oldest known tadpole fossil, which belongs to this species ... Chuliver tells the outlet. That made this particular finding an even bigger shock: “It’s not only the oldest tadpole known ...

The Harvard Museum of Natural History welcomed visitors on Sunday for its third annual National Fossil Day event since the Covid-19 pandemic, allowing children and adults to learn about ...

Gondwanax paraisensis fossil found in southern Brazil Fossil dates back to Triassic period, 237 million years ago Discovery could shed light on dinosaur evolutionary success SAO JOAO DO POLESINE ...

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The world is on the brink of a new age of electricity with fossil fuel demand set to peak by the end of the decade, meaning surplus oil and gas supplies could drive ...

These fossil ankle bones look like they're built to do something similar." An illustration of the newly described Avisaurus darwini, whose unusual foot bones indicate that it was one of the ...

Muller found the fossil in 2015, near the town of Paraiso do Sul, in the southern part of Brazil. But it was only recently that he and his colleagues began to study it. Dating showed the creature ...