[ad_1] Artist's idea of Archeopteryx albersdoerferi.Illustration: Zhao Chuang The winged Archeopteryx is one of the most famous dinosaurs known to science, yet arguments about their place in the evolutionary family tree. The …
Read More »The dinosaur fossil could be a new species among the first birds
[ad_1] The Munich Archeopteryx specimen – distinct from the Daiting specimen?ESRF / Pascal Goetgheluck By Michael Marshall A new species of Archeopteryx, the famous "first bird", has been identified. The discovery supports …
Read More »‘Dinosaur country’: fossil hunters’ S. African paradise
[ad_1] Home Other Sciences Archaeology & Fossils October 23, 2018 October 23, 2018 by Philippe Alfroy Palaeontologist Jonah Choiniere says a student noticed a ‘few (fossilised) bones coming out’ of a massive …
Read More »The South African paradise of fossil hunters
[ad_1] Paleontologist Jonah Choiniere said that a student had noticed "some bones (fossilized) coming out" of a massive rock in an isolated farmhouse in central South Africa. "It turned out to be …
Read More »The smallest fossil of Tylosaurus illuminates the species
[ad_1] This is the neonatal fossil located next to the fully formed Tylosaurus skull, measuring 1.2 m. Credit: Historical Biology The smallest Tylosaurus mosasaure fossil ever found was revealed in a new …
Read More »The smallest fossil of Tylosaurus illuminates the species
[ad_1] The smallest Tylosaurus mosasaur fossil ever found was revealed in a new study in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology and surprisingly, it lacks a trademark feature of the species. The fossil, …
Read More »Baby dinosaur fossil is full of surprises
[ad_1] Sadly, there is not much of him left now, considering he lived during the Jurassic Period. His skull was found in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in Montana, where other fossil …
Read More »Grand Canyon National Park to celebrate National Fossil Day Oct. 17 | Grand Canyon News
[ad_1] GREAT CANYON, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park invites the public to celebrate National Fossil Day Oct. 17. Events Are Designed to Celebrate National Fossil Day and will be held throughout …
Read More »Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming — ScienceDaily
[ad_1] Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or rice for feathery white fungus, the …
Read More »New Fossil nicknamed "Giant Thunderclap at Dawn" shows how Big Dinos has gone from two to four Smart News
[ad_1] "Giant thunderbolt at dawn" – that's what the last scientific name of the dinosaur family means in the local South African language, sesotho. And the new child on the prehistoric block, …
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