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Ancient armoured animal leads to rethink of reptile evolutionary tree
Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis – an historic predator that’s serving to us perceive reptile evolution Andrzej S…
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Fossilised reptile poo contains 200-million-year-old parasites
Coprolites, or fossilised faeces, collected in Thailand Nonsrirach et al Fossilised faeces of a crocodile-like…
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Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived
Reconstruction of Perucetus colossus, a whale that lived in coastal waters round 39 million years…
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Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 million years old
Artist’s impression of the traditional jellyfish Burgessomedusa phasmiformis Christian McCall A fossil unearthed in Canada…
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Newly discovered dinosaur roamed South-East Asia 200 million years ago
Minimocursor phunoiensis was found in Thailand Sita Manitkoon, Uthumporn Deesri, Bouziane Khalloufi, et al. An…
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Two new sabretooth cat species identified from fossils in South Africa
Sabreteeth from fossils present in South Africa iScience Jiangzuo et al. Two beforehand unknown species…
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Amazing fossil hints mammals hunted dinosaurs three times their size
Illustration displaying the mammal Repenomamus robustus attacking the dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis Michael Skrepnick Small mammals…
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Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside
Reconstruction from fossils found in Brazil of a pregnant floor sloth and its fetus Jorge…
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Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails
Artist’s illustration of an historic, short-snouted alligator Márton Szabó A wierd reptile fossil discovered 18…