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View Article  South Australian Fossils may be "Earliest Animals"

Sponge-like Fossils may be Evidence of Earliest Animals Known

A team of researchers writing in the scientific journal "Nature Geoscience" claim that an analysis of limestone strata (stromatolites formed by the deposition of bacteria) from the Flinders range in South ...   more »

View Article  Early Hominids Used Stone Tools says Fossil Study

Evidence of Stone Tool use by Australopithecus afarensis

The fossilised remains of two ancient animal bones dating from 3.4 million years ago discovered in Ethiopia have put back the use stone ...   more »

View Article  Mosasaurs - A Sharks Tale!

New Study Indicates Mosasaurs had Shark-like Tails

Mosasaurs were a group of very large and powerful sea-living lizards.  They grew to lengths in excess of 14 metres and their fossils ...   more »

View Article  Ancient African Crocodile that thought it was a Mammal

Paper Published on Crocodile with Mammal-like Teeth

Scientists writing in the journal "Nature" have reported on their research into a strange and bizarre cat-sized crocodile that filled a niche in the ...   more »

View Article  Update from Darren Tanke - Royal Tyrrell Museum (Alberta)

Darren Tanke - On the Mend

Earlier this Summer we wrote in this blog about the exciting expedition being organised by Darren Tanke of the Royal Tyrrell Museum (Alberta, Canada) ...   more »

View Article  Dr. Phil Manning goes in Search of Triceratops

The University of Manchester's Dr. Phil Manning in Search of Triceratops

Dr. Phil Manning from the University of Manchester's School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences is setting out to ...   more »

View Article  New Fossil Discovery from Saudi Arabia provides Evidence of Monkey/Ape Divergence

Saadanius hijazensis - New Oligocene Primate sheds light on Divergence of Apes

Saudi Arabia 30 million years ago, looked very different than it does today.  Much of this desert kingdom was a ...   more »

View Article  Arctic Pliocene Fossil Site may Hold Clues to Northern Hemisphere's Future Climate

Ancient Arctic Fossil Site Reveals Arctic was much Warmer Recently

Scientist's studying the Arctic's ancient past have issued a stark warning about the future climatic conditions the Arctic will face ...   more »

View Article  Giant Horned Ceratopsian from Mexico

Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna - The First Horned Dinosaur from Mexico

No sooner do we write an article about the discovery of a new genus of Ceratopsian (horned dinosaur) from the western ...   more »

View Article  Discovery of New Horned Dinosaur from Montana

Huge Chasmosaurine Medusaceratops lokii a Montana Dinosaur Mystery

Scientists at the Cleveland Museum of Natual History have announced the discovery of a new genus of horned dinosaur (Ceratopsian) from late ...   more »

View Article  Evidence of European Ceratopsians Grows with Hungarian Discovery

Ajkaceratops kozmai - The First Ceratopsian from Europe

One of the last types of dinosaur to evolve were the horned dinosaurs. These herbivorous creatures, part of the Sub-Order Marginocephalia (shelf ...   more »

View Article  "Clumped Isotopes" May Answer Question of Whether or Not Dinosaurs were Endothermic

Warm-blooded or Cold-Blooded Dinosaurs - "Clumped Isotopes" May Reveal the Answer

One of the key questions regarding Dinosauria and other extinct reptiles of the Mesozoic puzzled over ty scientists almost ...   more »

View Article  Demoting a Dinosaur New Skull Material Takes Azendohsaurus out of the Dinosauria

Azendohsaurus - Not a Dinosaur, as Homer Simpson would say DOH!

A prehistoric reptile that roamed what was Africa in the middle of the Triassic that was once thought to ...   more »

View Article  Devonian Mass Extinction Event Cleared the way for New Vertebrates

Mass Extinction Event Opened up New Opportunities for Vertebrates

A paper published in the scientific journal "The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", by a team of American researchers ...   more »

View Article  British Columbia Proposes Provincial Fossil (Four Contenders in the Running)

British Columbia wants a Provincial Fossil - Four Candidates in Contention

British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province is looking for its own provincial fossil, to join the list of natural fauna ...   more »