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New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia
A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the ‘age of dinosaur’) has been found in Russia and profoundly change how we understand the evolution of the group, says an international team of scientists. Paleontology News … Continue reading
New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia
A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the ‘age of dinosaur’) has been found in Russia and profoundly change how we understand the evolution of the group, says an international team of scientists. Strange & … Continue reading
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A mammoth task: How do we decide which species to resurrect?
The resurrection of vanished species — through cutting-edge technologies such as gene-editing — should be targeted towards recently extinct species rather than ancient ones, according to a conservation biologist. He suggests that long-gone species such as the woolly mammoth would … Continue reading
Fossil ‘winged serpent’ is a new species of ancient snake, doctoral student finds
An ancient sink hole in eastern Tennessee holds the clues to an important transitional time in the evolutionary history of snakes. Among the fossilized creatures found there, according to a new paper, is a new species of snake that lived … Continue reading
New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of ‘whiplash dinosaurs’
A new sauropod species has been named Galeamopus pabsti by the same team which recently reinstated the brontosaurus as a distinct genus. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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New species of dinosaur increases the already unexpected diversity of ‘whiplash dinosaurs’
A new sauropod species has been named Galeamopus pabsti by the same team which recently reinstated the brontosaurus as a distinct genus. Strange & Offbeat: Fossils & Ruins News — ScienceDaily
Three new species of extinct South American marsupials discovered
The discovery of three extinct species and new insights to a fourth indicates a little-known family of marsupials, the Palaeothentidae, was diverse and existed over a wide range of South America as recent as 13 million years ago. Fossils of … Continue reading
New dinosaur species sheds light on evolution, provides facial makeover for tyrannosaurs
Scientists have discovered a new relative of T. rex that is the geologically youngest species of the lineage called Daspletosaurus, the ‘frightful lizards’. The new species of dinosaur, Daspletosaurus horneri, evolved directly from its geologically older relative, D. torosus. The … Continue reading
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Giant salamanders, geckos and olms: Vanishing species diversity in Siberia
Scientists have studied the development of the amphibian and reptile fauna in Western Siberia during the past twelve million years. In their study, they demonstrate that the species diversity of both groups of animals was noticeably higher in the past … Continue reading
Rare cricket family sheds light on extinct Jurassic species’ acoustics
World-first research into the sole remaining living insects of an ancient super-family of crickets has revealed vibrating areas on seemingly unspecialized wings which create sound, representing a transitional stage between those of their fossilized ancestors and the adapted form of … Continue reading