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Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of the tiny creatures were living 30 million years ago. Credit: Provided by George Poinar Jr.

Meet the ‘mold pigs’ a new group of invertebrates from 30...

Plotosaurus bennisoni is a mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) North America. Restoration illustration from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Did mosasaurs do the breast stroke?

Pterosaur

New Australian pterosaur may have survived the longest

One of the three fossils of Lessiniabatis aenigmatica (MNHN F.Bol.566) from the famous fossil site of Monte Bolca (Italy) preserved as part and counterpart. The specimen is housed in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Credit: Giuseppe Marramà

Fossil fish provides new insights into the evolution

A world map that shows where similary platinum spikes have been discovered in the world. The latest discovery is at the Wonderkrater site in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Credit: Francis Thackeray/Wits University

New research supports hypothesis that asteroid contributed to mass extinction

A life reconstruction of the feathered dinosaur Anchiornis huxleyi based on fossil evidence of its color and patterning. This evidence included inferences about melanin pigments. Credit: HKU MOOC / Julius T Csotonyi / Michael Pittman.

What color were fossil animals?

Artist's reconstruction of two rauisuchians fighting over a desiccated corpse of a mammal-relative in the Triassic of southern Africa. In the background, dinosaurs and mammal-like reptiles form other parts of the ecosystem. Credit: Viktor Radermacher, owns copyright

Croc-like carnivores terrorized Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years...

An artist’s rendition of the Tyrannosaurus rex with the 3D imaging showing muscle activation in its head. Illustration courtesy of Brian Engh.

T. rex used a stiff skull to eat its prey

An artist's interpretation of the asteroid impact that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. Credit: NASA/Don Davis.

Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction

Cryodrakon boreas. Credit David Maas

New reptile species was one of largest ever flying animals

Jurassic crocodile. Artist's impression (credit: Julia Beier)

Jurassic crocodile identified 250 years after fossil find

Origin of eukaryotes

Scientists identify rare evolutionary intermediates to understand the origin of eukaryotes

Giant extinct kangaroo

Giant Kangaroo Had Crushing Bites

Prof. Michael Coates holds a 3-D printed model of the Tristychius skull and jaws. Photo courtesy of Matt Wood

3-D reconstructions show how ancient sharks found an alternative way to...

Reconstruction of Mollisonia plenovenatrix, by Joanna Liang ©Royal Ontario Museum

Half-a-billion-year-old tiny predator unveils the rise of scorpions and spiders

A reconstruction of Kamuysaurus japonicus. Credit: Kobayashi Y., et al, Scientific Reports, September 5, 2019

A new duck-billed dinosaur, Kamuysaurus japonicus, identified

A graphic thermal image of a T. rex with its dorsotemporal fenestra glowing on the skull. Illustration courtesy of Brian Engh.

T. rex had an air conditioner in its head

A fossilized trail of the animal Yilingia spiciformis, dating back 550 million years. The trail was found in China by a team of scientists including Shuhai Xiao of the Virginia Tech College of Science. Credit: Virginia Tech College of Science

Ancient animal species: Fossils dating back 550 million years among first...

The type specimen of Aenigmaspina pantyfynnonensis, photograph and 3D scan model, produced by Erin Patrick as part of her Masters thesis work in Bristol. This little block, the size of the palm of your hand, shows the backbone, curved round from top right to bottom left, and in the middle the ribs and shoulder blades. Scale bar is 1 cm. Credit: University of Bristol

A new reptile species from Wales named by Bristol student

A, photograph of Armoricaphyton chateaupannense preserved in 2D as carbonaceous thin films. B, SEM image of a transverse section of an axis of a specimen of A. chateaupannense preserved in 3D showing the radially aligned tracheids. Credit: Canadian Light Source

Analyzing the world’s oldest woody plant fossil

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