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‘Euro Devil’: Fossil of carnivorous marsupial relative discovered in E Europe

Scientists have discovered fossil remains of a new carnivorous mammal in Turkey, one of the biggest marsupial relatives ever discovered in the northern hemisphere. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Brazilian carnivorous mammal-like reptile fossil may be new Aleodon species

Some Late Triassic Brazilian fossils of mammal-like reptiles, previously identified as Chiniquodon, may in fact be the first Aleodon specimens found outside Africa. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Scientists uncover P-meter lengthy carnivorous WORM with snapping jaws

This is a photograph displaying the holotype of Websteroprion armstrongi. Gigantic Worm With Snapping Jaws Lived four hundred Million Years Ago A beforehand undiscovered species of an extinct primordial big worm with terrifying snapping jaws has been recognized by a … Continue reading

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New extinct carnivorous marsupial discovered

A new species of extinct flesh-eating marsupial that terrorized Australia’s drying forests about 5 million years ago has been identified from a fossil discovered in remote northwestern Queensland. The hypercarnivore is a distant and much bigger cousin of Australia’s largest … Continue reading

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First discovery from ‘New Riversleigh’ — a new extinct carnivorous marsupial

A new species of extinct flesh-eating marsupial that terrorised Australia’s drying forests about 5 million years ago has been identified from a fossil discovered in remote northwestern Queensland. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology

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Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown

Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle. Alessandro Chiarenza, a PhD student from … Continue reading

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Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown

An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily

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Fossil find reveals just how big carnivorous dinosaur may have grown

An unidentified fossilised bone in a museum has revealed the size of a fearsome abelisaur and may have solved a hundred-year old puzzle. read more (e) Science News – Paleontology & Archaeology

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Well-preserved skeleton reveals the ecology and evolution of early carnivorous mammals

Prior to the rise of modern day mammalian carnivores, North America was dominated by a now extinct group of mammalian carnivores, hyaenodontids. Fossils of hyaenodontids are relatively common from the early Eocene, but most are specimens of teeth. A new … Continue reading

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Well-preserved skeleton reveals the ecology and evolution of early carnivorous mammals

Prior to the rise of modern day mammalian carnivores (lions and tigers and bears, as well as weasels, raccoons, wolves and other members of the order Carnivora), North America was dominated by a now extinct group of mammalian carnivores – … Continue reading

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