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July 10, 2016

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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

December 17, 2020

Student Researcher Cracks Origin Story of Meteorite

February 26, 2016

‘Tree of life’ for 2.3 million species released

September 19, 2015

Spectacular flying reptiles soared over Britain’s tropical Jurassic past

December 21, 2018

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Turbulence in molten core helps amplify Earth’s magnetic field

Rafinesquina, seen in this close-up shot, was an ancient genus of brachiopod belonging to order Strophomenida. This order survived two mass extinction events, but the second represented a ‘death sentence’ from which they were unable to recover diversity, persisting for another hundred million years as a ‘dead clade walking’ before their eventual extinction. IMAGE: Provided by Benjamin Barnes

New insights into mass extinctions

Sucun Village landslide in China

Microfossils reveal warm oceans had less oxygen