Earliest Known Giant Mackerel Sharks Lived 115 Million Years Ago in Australian Waters
The Lamniformes are an order of sharks commonly known as mackerel sharks. It includes some of the most…
Dinosaur Eggshells Help Paleontologists Determine Age of Fossil-Bearing Rocks
Scientists from Stellenbosch University and elsewhere have used advanced uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating and elemental mapping to measure trace…
99-Million-Year-Old Amber Preserves Earliest-Known Mosquito Larva
The new fossil, encased in a piece of amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar, represents both the…
New Species of Dome-Headed Dinosaur Identified in Montana
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from five fossil specimens found in the…
New Species of Abelisaurid Dinosaur Discovered in Argentina
A new genus and species of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur has been discovered by a team of paleontologists from…
Paleontologists Discover New Species of Iguanodontian Dinosaur
A team of paleontologists from Portugal, Italy, the United States and Belgium has added another species of herbivorous…
Early Cretaceous Fossil in Swiss Museum Found to Be New Species of Marine Turtle
Paleontologists have described a new species of the extinct turtle genus Craspedochelys based on a remarkable fossil shell…
70-Million-Year-Old Fossils of Crocodile-Like Apex Predator Unearthed in Argentina
Paleontologists have unearthed a beautifully preserved skull and jaws as well as part of the postcranial skeleton of…
75-Million-Year-Old Dragonfly Species Found | Sci.News
Named Cordualadensa acorni, the new dragonfly species from Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park represents the only Mesozoic dragonfly for…