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Scientists discover a dinosaur with hollow skin spikes unlike any seen before
56+ min ago (401+ words) Paleontologists have discovered a remarkable new dinosaur in China'one that carried unusual skin spikes unlike anything ever seen before in dinosaurs. The find adds a surprising new chapter to the story of iguanodontians, a well-known group of plant-eating dinosaurs that…...
Life Recovered After the Dinosaur Extinction Way Faster Than We Thought
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (341+ words) Life, uh, finds a way. The asteroid that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs has sort of been viewed as nature's ultimate reset button. Sixty-six million years ago, Chicxulub hit, the lights went out, and around three-quarters of life on Earth…...
Oldest fossilised vomit of land animal tells us about menu of predator that lived 290 million years ago
7+ hour, 40+ min ago (305+ words) Oldest fossilised vomit of land animal tells us about menu of predator that lived 290 million years ago'theweek.in Berlin, Feb 8 (The Conversation) We were already familiar with fossilised droppings, called coprolites But a recent discovery shows that regurgitation can also…...
Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (193+ words) Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit'Devdiscourse Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit A groundbreaking discovery at Bromacker, Germany reveals a regurgitalith, a fossilised vomit containing bones from three different animals. This rare find offers…...
Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit | Science-Environment
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (227+ words) Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit'Devdiscourse Unearthing the Past: Discovery of a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossilised Vomit A groundbreaking discovery at Bromacker, Germany reveals a regurgitalith, a fossilised vomit containing bones from three different animals. This rare find offers…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
9+ hour, 26+ min ago (688+ words) FOOTPRINTS are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying which dinosaur left…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints | New Straits Times
9+ hour, 26+ min ago (15+ words) New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints'NST Online What To Read Next...
New dinosaurs visiting Museum of Natural History in Halifax
12+ hour, 27+ min ago (354+ words) New dinosaurs visiting Museum of Natural History in Halifax'CTV News New dinosaurs visiting Museum of Natural History in Halifax Man charged with criminal harassment after multiple filming incidents across Toronto Coyotes spotted crossing a frozen Lake Ontario in Toronto Squamish…...
Fossil crustaceans reveal ancient routes across the North Pacific
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (791+ words) Seed-sized crustacean fossils have revealed that seafloor species crossed the North Pacific five million years ago along active cold-water routes. That discovery reframes how ocean circulation linked Asia and North America during a warmer phase of Earth's climate. The evidence…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints - New Straits Times Online
14+ hour, 32+ min ago (1527+ words) Political compromises needed to preserve unity of plural nation, says Anwar'NST Online This is generated by AI, we welcome feedback. - AI assists in identifying dinosaurs from footprints using eight key traits. - The method objectively classifies tracks, reducing subjective human interpretation....