Using advanced technology that analyzes tiny gas bubbles trapped in crystal, a team of scientists led by Cornell University has precisely mapped how magma storage evolves as Hawaiian volcanoes age.
Geologists have long proposed that, as the…
Category: Paleontology
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Europe’s forest plants thrive best in light-rich, semi-open woodlands — kept open by large herbivores
Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe’s forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. A new study from Aarhus University shows that most native forest plants are adapted to semi-open, light-filled woodlands…
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UV light and CT scans helped scientists unlock hidden details in a beautifully-preserved fossil Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx is the fossil that proved Darwin right. It’s the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds — including the ones alive today — are dinosaurs. And while the first Archaeopteryx fossil was found more than 160 years…
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New Species of Cambrian Radiodont Unveiled from Canada’s Burgess Shale
Mosura fentoni lived in what is now Canada during the Cambrian period, approximately 506 million years ago.
Life reconstruction of Mosura fentoni. Image credit: Danielle Dufault, Royal Ontario Museum.
Mosura fentoni was about the size of your…
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Palaeontologists discover 506-million-year-old predator | ScienceDaily
Palaeontologists at the Manitoba Museum and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have discovered a remarkable new 506-million-year-old predator from the Burgess Shale of Canada. The results are announced in a paper in the journal Royal Society Open…
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Track record: unexpectedly early reptile claw prints found
Track record: unexpectedly early reptile claw prints found
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Earliest amniote tracks recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution
Marchetti, L. et al. Footprints of the earliest reptiles: Notalacerta missouriensis – ichnotaxonomy, potential trackmakers, biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology. Ann. Soc. Geol. Pol. 90, 271–290 (2020).
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Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan
Tsuihiji, T. et al. An exquisitely preserved troodontid theropod with new information on the palatal structure from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Naturwissenschaften 101, 131–142 (2014).
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Paleontologists Find First Known Fossils of Living Tropical Tree Species
The fossils of the giant rainforest tree Dryobalanops rappa found in Brunei (officially Brunei Darussalam), a country on the large island of Borneo, are the first fossil evidence of a living endangered tropical tree species. The discovery…
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Integrating ontogenetic and behavioral analysis in fossil and extant Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827)
L. pardinus ontogenetic description
Age estimation is critical for understanding extant population dynamics and for supporting conservation managers in the preservation of wild populations35. Furthermore, it is a widely…
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