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Team with UM researchers identifies fishes that fill 10-million-year evolutionary gap | Nation | shorelinemedia. net
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (330+ words) A team that included University of Michigan researchers has excavated earliest known fossils of six modern fish groups from a site in Egypt, helping fill gaps about a key period of fish evolution from 66 million to 56 million years ago. The…...
Jurassic fossil fills gap in evolution of bird tails
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (543+ words) A 150-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Fujian province has revealed what researchers say is the smallest known long-tailed bird from the Late Jurassic period, filling a critical gap in scientists' understanding of how dinosaurs' long tails evolved into the short, compact…...
Valley libraries use dinosaurs, prizes to fight a national reading slump - Surprise Independent
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (794+ words) I just like them getting exposed to reading," said Astra Pfeiffer, a regular at Mesa Public Library. It enhances their minds and furthers their educational potential." For years, Pfeiffer's kids have been enrolled in the Summer Reading Game, hosted by…...
Paleontologists Discovered a New 40-Foot-Long Dino Species. They Call It the 'Hell Heron.' - AOL
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (350+ words) Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Dinosaur hunters scouring a fossil field in the middle of the Sahara Desert uncovered a second species of Spinosaurus. The scimitar-crested Spinosaurus mirabilis, replete with fish-trapping jaws, is huge, measuring the…...
Valley libraries use dinosaurs, prizes to fight a national reading slump - Queen Creek Independent
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (692+ words) I just like them getting exposed to reading," said Astra Pfeiffer, a regular at Mesa Public Library. It enhances their minds and furthers their educational potential." For years, Pfeiffer's kids have been enrolled in the Summer Reading Game, hosted by…...
Gallery | Delightful dinosaurs at Mooroopna Library
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (90+ words) Shepparton News Gallery | Delightful dinosaurs at Mooroopna library A jaw-dropping dinosaur and fossil program livened up the school holidays at Mooroopna Library on Friday, July 3. Hold tight - we're checking permissions before loading more content The Museums Victoria Pop-Up Museum offered…...
Ancient Creature Thought Extinct Since Dinosaur Era Reappears, Baffling Scientists
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (480+ words) The coelacanth is considered one of the most extraordinary animals ever studied by science. For about 66 million years, it was believed that the species had disappeared after the extinction event that also wiped out the dinosaurs. However, this perception was…...
518-million-year-old fossil reveals where spider fangs came from - AOL
18+ hour, 48+ min ago (914+ words) Spiders are famous for the business end of their bodies, the sharp mouthparts that seize prey and help explain their unnerving reputation. A fossil from 518 million years ago now suggests those structures were taking shape far earlier than the fossil…...
Titanic Dinosaur Fossil Discovered Somewhere Scientists Never Expected
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (451+ words) In a striking reminder of how much scientific treasure still hides in plain sight, researchers have identified the first known dinosaur fossil ever recovered from Antarctica. The specimen, a modest tail vertebra, had been tucked away in a museum collection…...
You Can Own a Jurassic Park Collection 30+ Years in the Making " If You Have $700k to Spare
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (429+ words) Comic Book. com To the dedicated collector, few sights are as awe-inspiring as a collection decades in the making, especially one entirely focused on a specific property or franchise. With that level of time and dedication, a collector amasses the…...