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Paleontology

Reconstruction of the complete skeleton of a Diatryma.

Ancient Bird’s Missing Skull Found Hidden in Museum Archives

Categories Life & Non-humans

dinosaurs in mud

Massive Dinosaur Trackways Discovered on Britain’s Ancient ‘Highway’

Categories Life & Non-humans

A reconstruction of the oldest known gorgonopsian in life.

Fossil Find of Saber-Toothed Predator Rewrites Early Mammal Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans

A, Photo of the tusked animal of the Horned Serpent panel. B, interpretive drawing of its head. C, skull of a Lystrosaurus (14-03-2024, Oviston Nature Reserve) showing the prominent tusks, photographed in situ at the moment of its discovery, before excavation, and unprepared. D, complete skeleton of a Lystrosaurus (BP/1/9100, Oviston Nature Reserve) with its vertebral column curved into an opisthotonic "death pose", ex situ, prepared. E, the ‘mummified’ foot of a Lystrosaurus (28-08-2022, Fairydale, Bethulie District) showing the warty aspect of its preserved skin, ex situ, unprepared.

Ancient Rock Art May Depict Extinct Species, Predating Scientific Discovery

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

Pterosaurs standing

New Pterosaur Fossils Reveal Diverse Flight Styles in Giant Flying Reptiles

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Two representative theropod tracks from the Koum Basin in northern Cameroon.

Dinosaur Footprints Reveal Ancient Continental Connection Between South America and Africa

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A new discovery by a team of paleontologists, led by Dr. Mathieu Boisville (University of Tsukuba, Japan), has uncovered a new species of the extinct genus Ontocetus from the Lower Pleistocene deposits in the North Atlantic.

Extinct Walrus-Like Species Discovered: New Insights into Marine Mammal Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans

On the left is a parent of the early mammal Dryolestes which raises a brood after reaching sexual maturity at age four. On the right is a Haldanodon, a member of the family of mammal-like docodonts, before fully reaching the mammalian evolutionary level; the creature's lifespan was eleven to fourteen years.

Early mammals lived longer

Categories Life & Non-humans

A blue-headed sunbird in the Albertine Rift: an example of a tropical bird with iridescent, colorful feathers.

Colorful Origins: Study Reveals Surprising History of Bird Feather Iridescence

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Researchers believe Odaraia could have swum upside down to gather food among its many spines along its legs.

Ancient “Taco-Shaped” Sea Creature Reveals Secrets of Early Arthropod Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans

Komodo tooth iron map. Credit: Dr Aaron LeBlanc

Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth to rip apart their prey

Categories Life & Non-humans

This image shows an artist's reconstruction of Gaiasia jennyae. Gabriel Lio has illustrated this newly discovered stem tetrapod species from Namibia. The creature was an apex predator that lived in the wetland areas of southern Gondwana approximately 280 million years ago.

Gondwana’s Ultimate Hunter Rewrites Early Animal Evolution

Categories Life & Non-humans

Artist’s rendering of Gaiasia jennyae.

Giant salamander-like creature was a top predator in the ice age before the dinosaurs

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