Systematic palaeontology
Dinosauria Owen, 1842.
Saurischia Seeley, 1887.
Sauropodomorpha Huene, 1932.
Massopoda Yates, 2007.
Wudingloong wui gen. et sp. nov.
Etymology
The genus name, Wudingloong, “Wuding” refers to Wuding County where the fossil…
Category: Paleontology
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Palaeocampa anthrax, an armored freshwater lobopodian with chemical defenses from the Carboniferous
Budd, G. E. A Cambrian gilled lobopod from Greenland. Nature 364, 709–711 (1993).
Wu, R., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P. C. J. The unbearable uncertainty of panarthropod relationships. Biol. Lett.…
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Arachnids Originated in Cambrian Seas, New Research Suggests
Paleontologists have analyzed the fossilized features of the brain and central nervous system of Mollisonia symmetrica, an extinct animal that lived in the mid-Cambrian seas around 508 million years ago. Their results show that Mollisonia…
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Advanced X-Ray Imaging, Developed for Dinosaur Fossils, Reveals Traumatic Brain Damage
Newswise — LOMBARD, Ill., July 22, 2025 – Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are caused by impacts to the head and are common in sports, vehicle collisions, and other accidents. Severe injuries can cause permanent…
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Fossil of Triassic Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Discovered in Switzerland
Paleontologists have discovered the skeletal remains of an entirely new, yet-to-be-named species of massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur in the Klettgau Formation in Canton Aargau, Switzerland.
Articulated skull of the new massopodan…
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Tree-Dwelling Tuatara Relative Lived in Solnhofen Archipelago 145 Million Years Ago
The Solnhofen Archipelago is a series of islands that existed during the Late Jurassic epoch in what is now Bavaria, Germany.
Life representation of Sphenodraco scandentis in the palaeoenvironment of the Solnhofen Archipelago. Image credit:…
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Ancient recipes or rituals? Neanderthal bones reveal a prehistoric culinary mystery
Did Neanderthals have family recipes? A new study suggests that two groups of Neanderthals living in the caves of Amud and Kebara in northern Israel butchered their food in strikingly different ways, despite living close by and using similar…
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Dental microwear texture analysis reveals behavioural, ecological and habitat signals in Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur faunas
D’Emic, M. D. The evolution of maximum terrestrial body mass in sauropod dinosaurs. Curr. Biol. 33, R349–R350 (2023).
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Mateus, O. Late Jurassic dinosaurs from the Morrison…
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Butchery clues reveal Neanderthals may have had “family recipes”
A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in northern Israel — butchered their food in noticeably different ways. Despite using the same tools and hunting the same prey, groups in…
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How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey
A past predator of the seas may have had a secret weapon: noise-cancelling flippers that helped it sneak up on prey.
Scientists analyzed a fossilized impression of a front flipper ascribed to the large marine reptile…
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