Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England
University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid…
Two Jurassic Mammal Relatives Had Uniquely Shaped Jaw Joints
The evolution of the modern mammal jaw is more complex than previously thought, according to a new analysis…
Sword-snouted dragon that swam with dinosaurs found on UK’s Jurassic Coast
A new species of ancient marine reptile has been identified from exceptionally well-preserved fossilized remains unearthed in the…
Biofuels globally emit more CO2 than the fossil fuels they…
Global biofuels production emits 16% more CO2 than the fossil fuels it replaces, a new Cerulogy report on…
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…
Oligocene-Period Fossils Provide Evidence of Pollination Interaction between Flowers and Bumblebees
Paleontologists have screened 24-million-year-old fossil flowers and bees from the Late Oligocene of Enspel, Germany, and identified a…
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…
310-Million-Year-Old Ray-Finned Fish Had Tongue-Bite Apparatus
Platysomus parvulus, a species of ray-finned fish that lived 310 million years ago, had a unique way of…
Mastodons were Far More Genetically Diverse than Previously Known, Ancient DNA Shows
Ancient DNA has been useful in reconciling deep evolutionary relationships and responses to ecological changes in elephants and…
New Study Confirms Partial Hemoglobin Preservation in Dinosaur Remains
Using a technique called Resonance Raman spectroscopy, paleontologists have detected hemoglobin remnants in bone extracts from two dinosaur…
New Species of Extinct Octodontoid Rodent Discovered from Amazonian Fossil
Paleontologists have identified a new species of rodent in Acarechimys, an extinct genus with a widespread South American…
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…