Tag: Fossil
55-Million-Year-Old Backyard Fossil Find Shocks Paleontologists
The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems...
The Secret Fossil Fuel Network Running Through America’s Backyards
Millions of Americans live surprisingly close to fossil fuel infrastructure—not just oil wells and power plants, but also refineries,...
Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites The Story Of T. Rex
Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - What if everything we know about T. rex growth is wrong? A complete tyrannosaur...
Unusual Fossil Discovery Rewrites the History of Freshwater Fish
New research finds that ocean-dwelling fish entered freshwater environments on several occasions, evolving enhanced hearing abilities in the process....
First-Ever Fossil of a Living, Endangered Tropical Tree Discovered
Researchers say the finding provides new insights into the history of Asia’s rainforests. For the first time, researchers have...
Hook-Toothed Specimen: One Of The Oldest Fossil Lizards Ever Found
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167...
Illinois’s Mazon Creek: Recreating 300-Million Year-Old Ecosystem – Fossil Preservation And Diversity Of Life
Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - Over 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period, the region now known as...
First Ever Dinosaur-Era Dragonfly Fossil Discovered in Canada
Discovery reveals a previously undocumented 30-million-year gap in dragonfly evolution.
For the first time in Canadian paleontology, a fossilized dragonfly...
5-Million-Year-Old Deer Fossil Discovered in Tennessee
Researchers in Tennessee have found a 5-million-year-old fossil deer, one of North America’s earliest, offering clues to the origins...
Scientists Unearth 247-Million-Year-Old ‘Wonder’ Fossil Unlike Anything Seen Before
An international team of researchers has published a groundbreaking study in Nature, revealing that early reptiles from the Triassic...
Paleontologists Discover Bizarre Half-Billion-Year-Old Fossil Treasure Trove in the Grand Canyon
Exceptionally preserved Cambrian fossils uncovered in the Grand Canyon show how evolution accelerated in resource-rich waters. An extraordinary cache...
Ancient Fossil Discovery Solves 500-Million-Year-Old “Squid” Mystery
Ancient predators once thought to be squids are now linked to arrow worms. The discovery highlights unexpectedly advanced features...