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Paleo Week: Research Biases Affect the Bryophyte Fossil Record

Country level economic development and the number of grant-funded bryophyte researchers are major factors affecting fossil discovery

Paleontology rocked by organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones

Researchers have found strong evidence that original collagen can survive inside dinosaur fossils for tens of millions of years, overturning a long-standing assumption about fossil...

Paleo Week: Getting to the Root of Roots

Fossils anchor root evolution to the tree of life

Fringe paleontology gets weird fast

Paleontology already gives us giant carnivorous lizards, five-eyed sea creatures, and enough weird fossils to make science fiction seem boring. So, obviously, fringe paleontology h...

Scientists Discover a 300-Million-Year-Old Geological Time Capsule Inside Fossilized Wood

Researchers used quartz from fossilized wood to trace how Europe developed. A polished piece of fossilized wood may look like little more than a decorative stone, yet the quartz in...

Paleo Week: Northern Canada was Once a Subtropical Paradise

Fossils of Eocene palm trees near the Arctic Circle reveal a heated past

Antarctica's oldest known dinosaur fossil was hiding in a museum drawer for 40 years

Underwater Cave Bones Reveal Hidden Clues About Ancient Fossils

Distinct marks on cave bones can reveal how underwater fossil deposits formed and changed over time. Deep inside flooded caves, animal bones can remain remarkably intact for decade...

30-Year-Old Museum Rock May Hide a New Mosasaur Species

Fossils newly identified in a rock collected 30 years ago in Osaka Prefecture may belong to a previously unknown species. For roughly 30 years, four mosasaur bones remained conceal...

Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in Roman Britain Pit

COLCHESTER, ENGLAND—Phys.org reports that a 100 million-year-old marine reptile fossil was found in a pit, […] The post Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in Roman Britain Pit appeared first...

In MP, a tribal shrine turns out to be 65-million-year-old rare coral fossil

A revered stone, closely protected by the Baiga tribe in Dindori, has been revealed to be a rare coral fossil from the time of dinosaurs, dating back sixty-five million years. Afte...

These underwater bones could solve a mystery about extinct giants

Animal bones preserved in South Australia’s underwater caves reveal distinctive clues shaped by darkness, algae, bacteria, and other environmental conditions. The findings give sci...

Scientists found a 2,865-pound predator from before dinosaurs ruled Earth

In an exciting collaboration, over 2,000 public volunteers are meticulously cleaning a colossal 1,300-kilogram fossilized skeleton of a Mastodonsaurus, an ancient amphibian that ro...

This Fossil Sat in a Drawer for 40 Years. Now It’s Changing What We Know About Dinosaurs in Antarctica

A case of mistaken identity resolved decades later.