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Fossil coral close-up Credit: Aaron O'Dea

Fossils help identify a lone ‘bright spot’ in a similar state to coral reefs before human impact

Geology Page - February 21, 2020

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Vellbergia bartholomaei : Tiny prehistoric lizard sheds light on reptile evolution

A group of Russian and German palaeontologists have described a previously unknown genus and species of prehistoric salamanders. The new amphibian is named Egoria malashichevi -- in honor of Yegor Malashichev a talented scientist and associate professor of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at St Petersburg University, who passed away at the end of 2018. Credit: Pavel Skutschas

Egoria malashichevi : Palaeontologists identify new Jurassic amphibian

View of Takarkori shelter from the west. Credit: Savino di Lernia, 2020

Fish in the Sahara? Yes, in the early Holocene

NHMUK PV R 9372, Palaeosauropus sp., (a) colour photograph of the original sandstone slab and tracks, (b) 3D digital render of the plaster cast of the sandstone slab and tracks and (c) black and white photograph of the original sandstone slab and tracks. In (b), left manus and pes prints are denoted a and b respectively, the right pes prints c and e, with print d being the right manus. The indented area left of print e is identified as damage to the specimen rather than a footprint impression.

Oldest known record of amphibian tracks in the UK

100-million-year-old Discoscapa apicula. The bee is carrying four beetle triungulins. Credit: George Poinar Jr., OSU College of Science.

Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of...

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

The new dinosaur is called Tralkasaurus, which means "thunder reptile" in the indigenous Mapuche language common in Patagonia. In this file photo, a boy in Melbourne, Australia inspects the teeth of a theropod dinosaur

Argentine researchers find distant Tyrannosaurus relative

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

A photo of the stone men (Chimulchek Culture) in the steppe area of Altai Mountains. These figures are characteristic of the peoples who lived in the area around the time of occupation at Tongtian. These specific examples are located at the Chimulchek site (ca. 4000 years old) and not far from Tongtian Cave. Ceramic sherds from the cave suggest that the occupants in the cave shared similar cultural traits to other people in the region. Credit: Jianjun Yu

5,200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

This very complete specimen of the ichthyosaur Suevoleviathan is from the Early Jurassic of Germany. Many excellently preserved ichthyosaur fossils are known from this time and have been collected from the UK and Germany. Mary Anning from Lyme Regis is intimately associated with fossil collection and found the first recognized ichthyosaur fossils in 1810. Credit: Dr Ben Moon & Dr Tom Stubbs

Boom and bust for ancient sea dragons

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

A graphic reconstruction of the giant turtle Stupendemys geographicus: male (front) and female individual (left) swimming in freshwater. Credit: Artwork: Jaime Chirinos

Extinct giant turtle had horned shell of up to three meters

Geology Page - February 15, 2020

A reconstruction of Laurasichersis relicta which lived in the northen hemisphere 66 millons years ago. Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC)

One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere

Geology Page - February 10, 2020

The fossil of Gunakadeit joseeae, which was found in Southeast Alaska. About two thirds of the tail had already eroded away when the fossil was discovered. Credit: University of Alaska Museum of the North

New thalattosaur species discovered in Southeast Alaska

Geology Page - February 10, 2020

The holotype of the species Retrophyllum oxyphyllum (comb. nov.), previously thought to be the oldest known bamboo. Credit: Peter Wilf

‘Oldest bamboo’ fossil from Eocene Patagonia turns out to be a...

Geology Page - February 10, 2020

Allosaurus jimmadseni

New species of Allosaurus discovered in Utah

Geology Page - January 27, 2020

Illustrated scene of dinosaurs and asteroid.

In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid –...

Geology Page - January 20, 2020

The fossil (left) was unearthed in Wisconsin in 1985. Scientists analyzed it and discovered the ancient animal's respiratory and circulatory organs (center) were near-identical to those of a modern-day scorpion (right).

Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion

Geology Page - January 20, 2020

A fossilized cloudinomorph from the Montgomery Mountains near Pahrump, Nevada. This is representative of the fossil that was analyzed in the study.

Scientists find oldest-known fossilized digestive tract – 550 million years

Geology Page - January 14, 2020

100 million-year-old amber piece with lizard leg and mycomycete (arrow).

100 million years in amber: Researchers discover oldest fossilized slime mold

Geology Page - January 8, 2020

The skull of the juvenile T. rex, "Jane", was slender with knife-like teeth, having not yet grown big enough to crush bone.

Researchers learn more about teen-age T. rex

Geology Page - January 7, 2020

Fossil cast of a fin from a juvenile Sauripterus taylori, a late Devonian fish with primitive features of tetrapods.

How fish fins evolved just before the transition to land

Geology Page - January 7, 2020

Artist’s depiction of an ornithopod dinosaur tending its nest.

Baby dinosaurs found in Australia

Geology Page - December 22, 2019

The specimen will be stripped of the scientific name Mongolarachne chaoyangensis and rechristened as a crayfish

A ‘Jackalope’ of an ancient spider fossil deemed a hoax, unmasked...

Geology Page - December 22, 2019

A fossilized snail shell, ready to be analyzed in the laboratory

Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction

Geology Page - December 15, 2019

An intimidating sight: Asfaltovenator vialidadi. Source: Gabriel Lio

Experiments in evolution

Geology Page - December 15, 2019

This slab of sandstone has been on display since 1896, showing off the scaly footprints of a prosauropod dinosaur. Scientists only recently realized that the deep grooves on the left may be the track of a sailing stone. Credit: Lull, R.S., 1915

Sailing stone track discovered ‘hiding in plain sight’ in dinosaur fossil

Geology Page - December 10, 2019

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