Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up — with a little help from melting glaciers, according to a new study…
Category: Paleontology
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Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
A new study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential maritime cultures in history.
The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing…
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Expanded phylogeny elucidates Deinosuchus relationships, crocodylian osmoregulation and body-size evolution
Brochu, C. A. Phylogenetics, taxonomy, and historical biogeography of Alligatoroidea. SVP Memoir. 6, 9–100 (1999).
Brochu, C. A. Phylogenetic approaches toward crocodylian history. Annu. Rev….
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For a While, Crocodile | Newswise
Newswise — Most people think of crocodylians as living fossils— stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world’s swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells…
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Deep learning-aided segmentation combined with finite element analysis reveals a more natural biomechanic of dinosaur fossil
Specimen preparation
The femur of Jeholosaurus (IVPP V 15939, Fig. 1a, b, c, measured as 133.02 × 38.36 × 36.04 mm) is housed at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)….
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125-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shines Light on Origin of Subterranean Freshwater Isopods
A new genus and species of cymothoidan isopod that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch has been identified from two well-preserved specimens found in Lebanon. Stemming from a freshwater lake environment, this isopod provides an…
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The evolutionary history and timeline of mites in ancient soils
Parry, S. F., Noble, S. R., Crowley, Q. G. & Wellman, C. H. A high-precision U-Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: time scale and other implications. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 168, 863–872.
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Giant Freshwater Crayfish Lived in New Zealand 20 Million Years Ago
The fossil record of freshwater crayfish is surprisingly sparse, comprising mostly trace fossils, some body fossils and rarely gastroliths. Paleontologists from Flinders University, the University of New South Wales, Canterbury Museum and the…
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Extreme drought contributed to barbarian invasion of late Roman Britain, tree-ring study reveals
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons took advantage of famine and…
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New Species of Dirt Ant Found Preserved in Dominican Amber
Dirt ants (genus Basiceros) are widely distributed yet rarely encountered members of Neotropical ecosystems. Their rarity is attributed to a cryptobiotic life habit. These ants possess specialized hairs that help adhere soil and litter…
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