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The scientists examined more than 3,500 fossils to identify survivor pairs - plants that grew in both the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. The two fossils on the left are from the Cretaceous, and the two on the right are from the Paleogene. Credit: Elena Stiles

Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina

Geology Page - January 10, 2021

2D Life reconstruction Atuchin. Credit: © Andrey Atuchin

The ‘crazy beast’ that lived among the dinosaurs

Ubirajara jubatus is named after a Tupi Indian name for 'lord of the spear', in reference to the creature's stiffened, elongate integumentary structures, and jubatus from the Latin meaning 'maned' or 'crested'. Image must be credited Credit: Artwork © Bob Nicholls / Paleocreations.com 2020

New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress

The head and body of the Messel python are almost completely preserved. Credit: Hessian State Museum Darmstadt

World’s earliest python identified from 47 million-year-old fossil remains

Part of a jawbone of the 422-million-year-old fossil bony fish Lophosteus, visualized with a high-resolution X-ray technique. On the right, the surface of the jawbone is shown in gray. In the middle, exposed teeth are highlighted in gold and dermal odontodes in shades of purple, pink and red. On the left, the bone itself is made transparent, revealing internal blood vessels and pulp cavities, shown in blue and green, as well as the embedded teeth and dermal odontodes. Credit: Chen et al. (CC BY 4.0)

Primitive fish fossils reveal developmental origins of teeth

Discovering Missing Body Parts of Ancient Fossils

Geology Page - April 1, 2015

Worm lizards dispersed by ‘rafting’ over oceans, not continental drift

Geology Page - April 1, 2015

Discovery of two new species of primitive fishes

Geology Page - April 1, 2015

Massive study is first to explore historical ocean response to abrupt...

Geology Page - March 31, 2015

New lobster-like predator found in 508 million-year-old fossil-rich site

Geology Page - March 28, 2015

Earliest humans had diverse range of body types, just as we...

Geology Page - March 27, 2015

Super-salamander: Earth’s top predators more than 200 million years ago

Geology Page - March 24, 2015

Protein the clue to solving a Darwinian mystery

Geology Page - March 19, 2015

Beetles beat out extinction

Geology Page - March 19, 2015

Conifers’ helicoptering seeds are result of long evolutionary experiment

Geology Page - March 17, 2015

17 million-year-old whale fossil provides 1st exact date for East Africa’s...

Geology Page - March 17, 2015

Fossil skull sheds new light on transition from water to land

Geology Page - March 12, 2015

Giant sea creature hints at early arthropod evolution

Geology Page - March 12, 2015

Tiny new fossil helps rewrite crab evolution, sheds lights on late...

Geology Page - March 11, 2015

Amid chaos of Libya, newly unearthed fossils give clues to our...

Geology Page - March 10, 2015

Discovery of 2.8-million-year-old jaw sheds light on early humans

Geology Page - March 5, 2015

Earliest known fossil of the genus Homo dates to 2.8 to...

Geology Page - March 5, 2015

How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so...

Geology Page - February 28, 2015

Crocodiles rocked pre-Amazonian Peru

Geology Page - February 26, 2015

International team of scientists launches fossil database

Geology Page - February 25, 2015

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