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Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests

Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests

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Paleontologists from the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Autonomous University of Barcelona have described ...

Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils

Orange-Colored Lichens Helping Paleontologists Discover Dinosaur Fossils

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Lichens are symbioses of fungi and algae (and/or cyanobacteria) that play important ecological roles and colonize many substrates, including fossils. ...

Rhinos Lived in High Arctic 23 Million Years Ago

Rhinos Lived in High Arctic 23 Million Years Ago

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Paleontologists have identified a new Early Miocene species of rhinoceroses Epiaceatherium from fossil remains found in Canada's High Arctic. Life ...

99-Million-Year-Old Amber Preserves Earliest-Known Mosquito Larva

99-Million-Year-Old Amber Preserves Earliest-Known Mosquito Larva

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The new fossil, encased in a piece of amber from the Kachin region of Myanmar, represents both the first mosquito ...

Nanotyrannus is Distinct Dinosaur Lineage, New Research Shows

Nanotyrannus is Distinct Dinosaur Lineage, New Research Shows

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Paleontologists examined an exceptionally well-preserved, nearly somatically mature tyrannosaurus skeleton from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. Their results show ...

Lichens Were Already Widespread in Early Devonian, Enigmatic Fossils from Brazil Show

Lichens Were Already Widespread in Early Devonian, Enigmatic Fossils from Brazil Show

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Paleontologists have identified specimens that are 410 million years old. Spongiophyton nanus from the Ponta Grossa Formation in the Paraná ...

New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur Identified in Museum Drawer

New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur Identified in Museum Drawer

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Fossil skull and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History was reevaluated and reclassified, leading to the emergence ...

Paleontologists Discover New Species of Early Triassic Coelacanth

Paleontologists Discover New Species of Early Triassic Coelacanth

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Paleontologists in China have described a new species of the coelacanth genus White based on two fossilized specimens. This discovery ...

Tiny Fossil Reveals Previously Unknown Songbird Lineage from New Zealand

Tiny Fossil Reveals Previously Unknown Songbird Lineage from New Zealand

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Paleontologists have found a 2.9cm long fossilized foot bone of a possible bowerbird species at the Miocene site of St ...

Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil

Fossil of Carnivorous ‘Swamp Monster’ Found in Brazil

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Paleontologists have discovered the fossilized lower right fang of a large proborghyenid sparassidont in the Taubate Basin in Brazil. Right ...