Tag: Fossil
Carboniferous Fossil Gives Insight into Neural Anatomy of Early Ray-Finned Fishes
Paleontologists have examined the fossilized brain and cranial nerve soft tissues of Coccocephalus wildi, a species of early ray-finned fish that lived 319 million years ... Read More
Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time
What at first looked like a Dickinsonia fossil (on the left) had decayed and started peeling off the rock in just a few short years ... Read More
Jurassic Sea Crocodile Fossil Found in United Kingdom
Turnersuchus hingleyae, a new genus and species of thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Early Jurassic epoch, helps fill a gap in the fossil record and suggests ... Read More
How did dinosaurs have sex? It’s still a fossil mystery.
“AND THAT’S HOW YOU MAKE a baby dino-sawr.” I wish it were as easy as Mr. DNA made it sound in the first Jurassic Park ... Read More
Fossil of Extinct Gannet Species Found in Portugal
Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of an extinct gannet species that lived in what is now Portugal during the Miocene epoch, some 15 million ... Read More
Paleontologists Find 256 Fossil Titanosaur Eggs in India
Paleontologists in India have documented 92 clutches containing a total of 256 fossilized eggs of titanosaur sauropods. Field photograph of titanosaur clutch showing tightly grouped ... Read More