An extinct species of giant salmon called Oncorhynchus rastrosus sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of its mouth like tusks, according to new research. The post Anc...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/spike-toothed-salmon-oncorhynchus-rastrosus-12883.html
A new stegosaurian genus and species from the Middle Jurassic epoch has been identified from the postcranial remains found in the Middle Atlas Mountains south of Fès, Morocco. The post New Ste...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/thyreosaurus-atlasicus-12878.html
A new genus and species of giant madtsoiid snake that lived in what is now India around 47 million years ago (early Middle Eocene epoch) has been identified from a partial vertebral column uneart...
Ichthyotitan severnensis lived in the Triassic seas around 202 million years ago and might have measured more than 25 m (82 feet). The post Paleontologists Identify New Species of Giant Triassi...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/ichthyotitan-severnensis-12869.html
The three new species belong to the extinct kangaroo genus Protemnodon, which were common members of Cenozoic communities across Australia and New Guinea until their extinction in the Late Pleist...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/protemnodon-kangaroos-12857.html
A remarkable new genus and species of small-sized titanosaurian sauropod, Titanomachya gimenezi, has been unearthed in Patagonia, Argentina. The post New Titanosaur Species Identified in Argent...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/titanomachya-gimenezi-12853.html
In new research, paleontologists used X-ray microtomography to characterize the feeding apparatus of an exceptionally well-preserved specimen of the Early Devonian jawless fish Rhinopteraspis dun...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/rhinopteraspis-dunensis-12846.html
Bergmann’s rule is a scientific principle stating that animals in high-latitude, cooler climates tend to be larger than close relatives living in warmer climates. The post New Study Finds No ...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/mesozoic-bergmanns-rule-12842.html
Very large unidentified elongate and rounded fossilized bones of uncertain origin recovered from different Late Triassic localities across Europe have been puzzling the paleontological community ...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/triassic-ichthyosaurs-12841.html
Toothed whales have developed specialized echolocation abilities that are crucial for their underwater activities. The post Echolocation Organs of Toothed Whales Evolved from Jaw Muscles, New R...
https://www.sci.news/biology/toothed-whale-echolocation-organs-12837.html
Paleontologists have studied bone histology of an array of early dinosaurs alongside that of non-dinosaurian contemporaries from the Ischigualasto Formation. The post Earliest Dinosaurs and The...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/earliest-dinosaur-growth-rates-12832.html
Pareiasaurs were an enigmatic and diverse group of plant-eating animals from the Middle and Late Permian. The post Paleontologists Redescribe Enigmatic Dwarf Pareiasaur appeared first on Sci.N...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/nanoparia-luckhoffi-12828.html
Aureia rerehua had unique teeth which might have formed a cage around small fish, according to a team of paleontologists from the University of Otago. The post Oligocene-Period Dolphin Had Uniq...
A new genus and species of elasmosaurid has been identified from the fossilized remains found near the Marambio Base, a permanent, all year-round Argentine Antarctica station on Marambio Island. ...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/marambionectes-molinai-12824.html
Two new Jurassic species -- the morganucodontan-like Dianoconodon youngi and the pseudotribosphenic shuotheriid Feredocodon chowi -- offer key information about the evolutionary shift from the ja...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/dianoconodon-youngi-12822.html
In new research, a team of paleontologists examined the tooth structure of Feredocodon chowi, a new species of shuotheriid mammaliaform that lived in what is now China during the Jurassic period....
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/feredocodon-chowi-12820.html
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of saltasauroid titanosaurian dinosaur, based on the fossilized remains found in the Paysandú Department of Uruguay. The...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/udelartitan-celeste-12812.html
Myrmarachne colombiana is the first species of ant-mimicking spider ever found in copal (fossilized resin) from Colombia. The post New Species of Ant-Mimic Spider Found Preserved in Colombian C...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/myrmarachne-colombiana-12809.html
Paleontologists have found a partial body fossil of an ancient tapeworm preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from Myanmar. The post Ancient Marine Tapeworm Found Encased in 99-Million-Year-...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/marine-tapeworm-amber-12801.html
A team of paleontologists from California State Polytechnic University and elsewhere has described a new genus and species of shark-like fish from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale of Ark...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cosmoselachus-mehlingi-12796.html