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Friedrich August Quenstedt | Geology, Paleontology, Stratigraphy | Britannica
6+ day, 21+ min ago (61+ words) Friedrich August Quenstedt | Geology, Paleontology, Stratigraphy Encyclopedia Britannica Friedrich August Quenstedt (born July 9, 1809, Eisleben, Saxony [now in Germany]died Dec. 21, 1889, T'bingen, Ger.) was a German mineralogist and paleontologist. Quenstedt studied at the University of Berlin under the crystallographer Christian Weiss…...
The largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast Asia was hiding in plain sight near a pond in northeastern Thailand " mistaken for ordinary rocks until researchers confirmed it as a 27-tonne, 27-metre sauropod
48+ min ago (562+ words) Space Daily The bone was taller than the man standing beside it. That was the first real clue that the weathered shapes at the edge of a communal pond in Chaiyaphum province, in northeastern Thailand, were not stones. A local…...
Sew a Dino Nugget Pillow at Clark Public Library (No, Really!)
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (12+ words) TAPinto...
Thai paleontologists announce discovery of Uragasaurus kalasinensis, revealing Y shaped vertebrae and new sauropod insights | Ukraine news - #Mezha
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (190+ words) A spine fragment with Y shaped supports hinted at unusual anatomy, and CT scans revealed air chamber structures unlike other mamenchisaurids. As the media BBC notes. Paleontologists from Thailand have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur " Uragasaurus…...
SD T. rex could bring $30 million or more at auction Tuesday
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (203+ words) Black Hills Pioneer A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovered on a ranch in western South Dakota will be auctioned off in New York City on Tuesday with a possible sale price of $30 million or more. The 38-foot-long skeleton, nicknamed Gus, stands…...
Paleontologists Unearth 150-Million-Year-Old Giant Sauropod Dinosaur In Thailand
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How Ancient Is Being Right-Handed? First Evidence of "Right-Handedness" Discovered in a 550-Million-Year-Old Fossil
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (588+ words) A study documents that the species Spriggina floundersi showed a systematic preference for curving to the right, placing the origin of lateralized behavior in animals much earlier than previously thought. Scientists from the American Museum of Natural History, Florida State…...
The Giant Dinosaur Delusion and the Paleontology Hype Machin " Weddings
15+ hour, 58+ min ago (727+ words) Every time a paleontology team unearths a handful of fragmented vertebrae in a remote corner of the world, the media apparatus runs the exact same playbook. They dust off the "largest ever" template, find a quirky local metric for comparison'like…...
12th European Conference on Echinoderms
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (160+ words) Scientists from around the world share and discuss the latest research on both fossil and modern echinoderms. 12th European Conference on Echinoderms 13 Jul 2026 - 17 Jul 2026 UCL Gower Street London WC1 E 6 BT United Kingdom Welcome to the 12th European Echinoderm Conference 2026! The European Echinoderm…...
Dino Cunial
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (313+ words) Don't Let the Old Man In and for 87 remarkable years, Dino Cunial did just that. Born to Emilio and Giaconda (Zanesco) Cunial, on September 29, 1938 in Susanville, CA, Dino was the youngest sibling to the late Dario Cunial and late Norma…...