Tag Archives: Fossil

Scientists Unearth 247-Million-Year-Old ‘Wonder’ Fossil Unlike Anything Seen Before  SciTechDaily FEATHERS BEFORE DINOSAURS? ANCIENT REPTILE FOSSIL REDEFINES INTEGUMENT EVOLUTION  Hiru News A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos | Science Friday  WNYC Studios | Podcasts This Reptile Sported Strange, Feather-Shaped Structures Around 247 Million Years Ago  Discover Magazine Something like feathers grew on a 247-million-year-old reptile  San Juan Daily Star Source link

A remarkable discovery of ancient fossils in North Greenland has recently shed light on a 500-million-year-old mystery that has baffled scientists for decades. Once believed to be early relatives of squids, these ancient creatures were thought to be among the first cephalopods to appear in the oceans. However, new research led by scientists from the University of Bristol and other …

A “most remarkable” monster’s fossilized remains from Jurassic Germany is a never-before-seen species, a new study reports. The marine reptile, which swam in prehistoric oceans about 183 million years ago, has been given the name Plesionectes longicollum, which translates to “long-necked near-swimmer.” P. longicollum is a type of plesiosauroid, an extinct group of long-necked, carnivorous marine reptiles that swam in …

A newly discovered 16-million-year-old fossil of an elusive “dirt ant” preserved in Dominican amber has stunned scientists and reshaped our understanding of ant evolution. The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, provides the first direct evidence that the Basiceros lineage once lived in the Caribbean before mysteriously vanishing during the Miocene epoch. A Discovery Buried in …

Ancient Fossil Discovery Solves 500-Million-Year-Old “Squid” Mystery  SciTechDaily Source link

Paleontologists Discover Bizarre Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Treasure Trove in the Grand Canyon  SciTechDaily A new species of ‘penis worm’ was discovered in the Grand Canyon  Science News This bizarre ancient worm had spiky teeth and a retractable throat  National Geographic A dragon in the Grand Canyon? Researchers name new fossil for ‘Star Wars’ creature  yahoo.com Half A Billion Years Ago, The Grand Canyon Was Filled …

“Like Finding a Diamond”: 16-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Elusive Ant Stuns Scientists  SciTechDaily Source link

New long-necked marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  Phys.org Paleontologists Unveil New Species of Plesiosaur  Sci.News Forgotten Jurassic Fossil Reveals a Long-Necked Sea Monster Hidden for Decades  SciTechDaily New ancient marine reptile species discovered in Germany’s famous Jurassic fossil beds  EurekAlert! 183-million-year-old sea monster species found hiding in German fossil bed  Interesting Engineering Source link

Energy giant BP says it has made its largest oil and gas discovery this century as it shifts its focus away from renewable energy and back to fossil fuels. The UK-based firm said on Monday that it is conducting tests at the site in deep water off Brazil’s east coast. The discovery could play a major role in BP’s plans …

“Living Fossil” Just Shattered 70 Years of Evolutionary Assumptions  SciTechDaily ‘Living fossil’ reveals clues about how animals learned to breathe  Earth.com 400-Million-Year-Old Fish Forces Scientists To Rethink Human Evolution  Menafn.com Hidden Muscles? No. This Prehistoric Fish Just Proved Evolution Got It Wrong  The Daily Galaxy Source link