Fossils
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Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a killer whale
An artist’s impression of the pliosaur by Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth Over 20 years ago, the BBC’s Walking with…
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Worlds Largest “Raptor” Dinosaurs Lived 10 Million Years Earlier Than Thought
Home Science News Csotonyi illustration: Portrayal of Utahraptors and prey trapped in quicksand deposit of the Stikes Quarry bone bed…
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The largest fossil crinoids ever
Periechocrinus, a Silurian crinoid. BGS © UKRI. Introduction about Crinoids What Are Crinoid Fossils? Crinoids, also known as sea lilies…
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Evolution of dinosaur body size through different developmental mechanisms
Microscopic view of a carnivorous dinosaur’s shin bone, showing growth rings that get more closely spaced towards the outside of…
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525-million-year-old fossil defies textbook explanation for brain evolution
Artist’s impression of an individual 525-million-year-old Cardiodictyon catenulum on the shallow coastal sea floor, emerging from the shelter of a…
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New Discovery Fills Long-Missing Gap in Evolutionary History
Home Biology News The upper jaw of the infant of Yuanmoupithecus. Credit: Terry Harrison, NYU’s Department of Anthropology The oldest…
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New field of research: Crystal traces in fossil leaves
Calcium oxalate crystals – In living plants, calcium oxalate crystals can take on bizarre shapes (from left: hornbeam, button mangrove,…
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What killed dinosaurs and other life on Earth?
Volatile elements in magma, primarily water, drive explosive volcanic eruptions, like this eruption of Anak Krakatau in Lampung, Indonesia, in…
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Fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million years ago discovered
Thalassotitan atrox grew up to 12 metres (40 feet) and was at the top of the food chain. Researchers have…
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