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Pompeii-Like Burial Preserves Trilobites in Stunning 3D Detail

Artistic reconstruction of two species of trilobite an instant before burial in a flow of volcanic ash 510 million years…

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New Study Reveals That Ammonoids Thrived Until Their Sudden Extinction

A new study challenges the view that ammonoids were declining before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that…

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“Truly Astonishing” – Discovery of 500-Million-Year-Old “Pompeii” Trilobite Fossils Shake Up Scientific Understanding of the Long-Extinct Group

Artistic reconstruction of two species of trilobite an instant before burial in a flow of volcanic ash 510 million years…

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New Dinosaur Wields Spectacular Blade-Like Horns

Reconstruction of Lokiceratops surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, USA. Credit: ©Andrey Atuchin for the…

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New Study Challenges 30-Year-Old Theory Linking Griffins to Dinosaurs

Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to…

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Oldest Sea Reptile Fossil in the Southern Hemisphere Discovered in New Zealand

Reconstruction of the oldest sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere. Nothosaurs swimming along the ancient southern polar coast of what…

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Ancient Crocodile-Like Reptile Discovered in Brazil

Middle-Late Triassic landscape of southern Brazil depicting a large Prestosuchus chiniquensis feeding on the carcass of a dicynodont while individuals…

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550 Million-Year-Old “Lost Years” Fossil Challenges Current Evolutionary Theories

Scientists have discovered an ancient sponge species, Helicolocellus, in China, dating back 550 million years, offering new insights into sponge…

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Scientists Discover True Identity of Ancient Sea-Lizard

Researchers identified a prehistoric marine reptile found in 1935 as a thalattosaur, not a choristodere, using CT scans and a…

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Remarkable New Dinosaur Unearthed in the Ancient Swamps of Montana

Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move past in the background. Credit: Fabrizio…

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