A fossil discovered in a cabinet at the museum in London has pushed the origins of the contemporary lizard back 35 million years.
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A 95 million year old crocodile that had a complete dinosaur in its stomach was found
In Australia, researchers discovered a new species of crocodile that lived about 95 million years ago and ate a dinosaur as its final meal.
A 99 million year old ancient snail found with hairs growing on its shell
This remarkable fossilized snail features a 9 millimeter long, 3.1 millimeter high shell, with lines of stiff, tiny hairs, each between 150 and 200 micrometers long.
Sharks existed considerably earlier than originally supposed
According to fresh evidence, the initial appearance of shark-like ‘jawed fish’ may have occurred 15 million years earlier than previously assumed.
1.4 million-year-old jawbone discover in Spain, that may be Europe’s earliest known human relative
The fossil was discovered in June in Sima del Elefante (Pit of the Elephant in Spanish), an archeological site in the Atapuerca Mountains close to Burgos in northern Spain that is renowned for its extensive fossil collection.
Paleontologists find a new species of crocodile with the thickest eggs ever
Paleontologists have uncovered a new crocodile species that lived with the last dinosaurs and laid the thickest eggs ever discovered.
A PEI schoolteacher discovered a fossil that could be 300 million years old
After stumbling over a fossil that could be 300 million years old, a PEI schoolteacher made the discovery of a lifetime.
This prehistoric fishapod turned back around after seeing life on land
The discovery of Qikiqtania, as the hesitant fishapod would later come to be known, arrives from the lab of Dr Neil Shubin – who also happened to co-discover Tiktaalik back in 2004.
This 50,000-Year-Old Giant Kangaroo Isn’t Even Related to Australian Kangaroos
A strange enormous kangaroo roamed the steep jungles of New Guinea long ago, practically until the end of the last ice age. According to new studies, this kangaroo was not closely linked to present Australian kangaroos. Rather, it is a previously unknown species of primitive kangaroo found only in New Guinea.
In Canada, a 66-million-year-old smooth-shelled turtle fossil was discovered
A virtually complete skeleton of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) animal Leiochelys tokaryki has been discovered. Tim Tokaryk, a former curator of paleontology at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, is honored with the new turtle species’ name.