Systematic paleontology
Phylum Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888
Sub-Phylum Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834
Class Hexacorallia Haeckel, 1896
Order Antipatharia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Category: Paleontology
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Enamel carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotopes reveal limited mobility in an extinct rhinoceros at Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska, USA
Staver, A. C., Abraham, J. O., Hempson, G. P., Karp, A. T. & Faith, J. T. The past, present, and future of herbivore impacts on savanna vegetation. J. Ecol. 109, 2804–2822 (2021).
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Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Eastward shift of settlement areas at the end of the last ice age
A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 prehistoric archaeologists from twenty European…
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Animal behavioral diversity at risk in the face of declining biodiversity
Drastic declines in biodiversity due to human activities present risks to understanding animal behaviors such as tool use, according to researchers from the University of Victoria and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology….
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Bees actively adjust flower choice based on color and distance: Updating ‘flower constancy’ beyond Darwin’s theory
Since Darwin’s time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy — i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present — has been understood as a passive behavior to reduce the effort of remembering…
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167-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Giant Dinosaurs Found on Isle of Skye
Paleontologists have discovered 131 tracks of large theropods and sauropods in the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation at Prince Charles’s Point, situated on the northwest coast of Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula.
A 167-million-year-old…
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New computer model reveals how Bronze Age Scandinavians could have crossed the sea
People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a study published April 2, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Boel Bengtsson from the University of Gothenburg,…
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Ancient amphibians as big as alligators died in mass mortality event in Triassic Wyoming
Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published April 2, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Aaron M. Kufner of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S., and…
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Footprints reveal prehistoric Scottish lagoons were stomping grounds for giant Jurassic dinosaurs
Jurassic dinosaurs milled about ancient Scottish lagoons, leaving up to 131 footprints at a newly discovered stomping ground on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, according to a study published April 2, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Tone…
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Ancient alligator-sized amphibians died under mysterious circumstances
A fossil trove uncovered in Wyoming is providing some of the best examples yet of an ancient species of alligator-sized amphibians. But while paleontologists describe the specimens as “exquisitely preserved,” the reason behind their…
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