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An egg of Himeoolithus murakamii (left), outlined egg with intact eggshell remains (black area) (middle), and reconstruction of Himeoolithus murakamii and their probable parent dinosaur (right).

Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem

Geology Page - June 27, 2020

In a new report, paleontologists Lauren Sallan and Jack Stack re-examine the “enigmatic and strange” prehistoric fish Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri.

300-million-year-old fish resembles a sturgeon but took a different evolutionary path

Pictured left is an exceptionally preserved male pollen cone of Araucaria huncoensis showing characteristic cylindrical shape and many long, pointed bracts at the base. Pictured right is a leafy branch fossil of Araucaria huncoensis, showing rare preservation of a branching point connecting two leafy branch segments and a connected growth point on the right segment. The branches are usually shed from the tree as individual segments.

New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group

Life reconstruction of the giant wombat relative Mukupirna nambensis on the shores of Lake Pinpa 25 million years ago. Also shown are stiff-tailed ducks (foreground) and flamingos (background), the remains of which are known from the same fossil deposit. Credit: Painting by Peter Schouten.

Big-boned marsupial unearths evolution of wombat burrowing behavior

Illustration of Borealopelta markmitchelli dinosaur by Julius Csotonyi. Credit: © Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Scientists discover what an armored dinosaur ate for its last meal

What the ankylosaur Bissektipelta archibaldi might look like. Credit: the authors of the paper.

Palaeontologists create most detailed virtual 3-D-model of endocranial cast and blood...

Geology Page - June 6, 2020

The fossilized jaw of an Overoraptor chimentoi, a new species of dinosaur discovered in Argentine Patagonia

Argentine paleontologists discover small carnivorous dinosaur

Geology Page - June 6, 2020

Ichthyosaur

Nevada home to 246M-year-old fossil of pregnant ichthyosaur

Geology Page - June 6, 2020

UT Austin scientists found that the fossil millipede Kampecaris obanensis was 425 million years old. Credit: British Geological Survey

World’s oldest bug is fossil millipede from Scotland

Geology Page - May 28, 2020

URI graduate student Reilly Hayes (left) and undergraduate Amanda Bednarick examine an outcrop for fossils at Petrified Forest National Park as part of their research. Credit: Amanda Bednarick

Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years...

Geology Page - May 28, 2020

The attached image shows Wightia declivirostris flying over an oxbow lake in the valley of the ancient Wessex River that flowed from Devon to the Isle of Wight. Credit: Megan Jacobs

Chinese pterodactyl wings its way to the United Kingdom

Geology Page - May 28, 2020

Normal and malformed spores from East Greenland. Credit: John Marshall

Erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event

Geology Page - May 28, 2020

Big theropod dinosaurs such as Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus ate pretty much everything -- including each other, according to a new study. Credit: PLOS ONE

In stressed ecosystems Jurassic dinosaurs turned to scavenging, maybe even cannibalism

Geology Page - May 28, 2020

Original artwork depicting the moment the asteroid struck in present-day Mexico. Credit: Chase Stone

Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle

Geology Page - May 26, 2020

An artistic life reconstruction of Nannopterygius. Credit: Andrey Atuchin

Fishing rod ‘selfie stick’ and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to...

Geology Page - May 26, 2020

An artist’s impression of what an elaphrosaur may have looked like. Credit: Ruairidh Duncan

Elaphrosaur : Australia’s first elaphrosaur discovered in Victoria

Geology Page - May 18, 2020

Robert Reisz examined fossils from the embryos of Lufengosaurus, an early sauropodomorph species that predates more recognizable sauropods. Credit: David Mazierski

New research examining dinosaur tooth fossils provides crucial insight into vertebrate...

Geology Page - May 17, 2020

In this artist's depiction of wildlife from Alberta, Canada, 77 million years ago, the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus hunts a young horned Spinops, while an adult Spinops tries to interfere and a Coronosaurus watches from a distance. Credit: Julius Csotonyi.

T. rex’s long legs were made for marathon walking

Geology Page - May 17, 2020

Marsupites

Strange hollow ball-like structures found in 80-million-year-old fossils

Geology Page - May 12, 2020

This two-billion-year-old shungite records evidence for balmy, oxygen-rich conditions on the early Earth. Credit: K. Paiste.

Ancient rocks show high oxygen levels on Earth 2 billion years...

Geology Page - May 12, 2020

A close-up image showing the damaged head and body of the Dorsetichthys bechei with the arms of the Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei clamped around it Credit: Malcolm Hart, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Fossil reveals evidence of 200-million-year-old ‘squid’ attack

Geology Page - May 10, 2020

Turns out, you really can’t believe everything you see in the movies. Credit: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Jurassic Park got it wrong: Research indicates raptors didn’t hunt in...

Geology Page - May 10, 2020

Published in PLOS ONE today, a study by an international team from the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas and Hokkaido University in Japan further explores the proliferation of the most commonly occurring duck-billed dinosaur of the ancient Arctic as the genus Edmontosaurus. The findings reinforce that the hadrosaurs - dubbed "caribou of the Cretaceous" - had a geographical distribution of approximately 60 degrees of latitude, spanning the North American West from Alaska to Colorado. Credit: Masato Hattori

Arctic Edmontosaurus lives again: A new look at the ‘caribou of...

Geology Page - May 10, 2020

Fossilized teeth from the ancient lizard Priosphenodon show that it had durable tooth enamel—a feature much more common in mammals, according to U of A paleontologists. Credit: Aaron LeBlanc

Ancient reptile had mammal-like tooth enamel, study shows

Geology Page - May 10, 2020

Life-like reconstruction of Adalatherium hui from the LateCretaceous of Madagascar. Credit: Denver Museum of Nature & Science/Andrey Atuchin.

Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar

Geology Page - May 3, 2020

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