Photo: © Christian S. Marien

Slow start of plate tectonics despite a hot early Earth

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

Researcher overlooking one of the two field sites for the study, the Frenchman Valley in Chambery Coulee Saskatchewan in July 2017. Credit: McGill University

When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived

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

Braincase and endocast of Thecodontosaurus antiquus. From CT scans of the braincase fossil, 3-D models of the braincase and the endocast were generated and studied. Credit: Created by Antonio Ballell with BioRender, Thecodontosaurus silhouette from PhyloPic.org.

Research reveals unexpected insights into early dinosaur’s brain, eating habits and...

Illustration shows a cross section of the prehistoric iguana burrow, and how the surrounding landscape may have looked during the Late Pleistocene Epoch. Credit: Anthony Martin.

First-known fossil iguana burrow found in the Bahamas

Illustration of Thalassodraco etchesi. Credit: Megan Jacobs

Prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ discovered on English Channel Coast is identified as...

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