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Microstructural insights into the functional morphology and formation logic of spherulitic'fibrous prismatic architecture in the shell'like eggcase of the argonaut octopods - Scientific Reports
8+ min ago (677+ words) Vertical sections of the eggcase and interior surfaces of the repair regions were prepared to identify the components and boundaries between organic and mineral regions, and to detect the elemental composition of the minerals. Samples were analyzed without conductive coating....
Quebec's 450 M-Year-Old Paleocanna tentaculum: Rare Soft-Bodied Ordovician Jellyfish Fossil
59+ min ago (701+ words) Paleocanna tentaculum marks a stunning soft-bodied fossil discovery from Quebec, revealing an Ordovician jellyfish relatively preserved from 450 million years ago. This tube-shaped polyp pushes boundaries in understanding early marine evolution during the Upper Ordovician. Researchers later selected 39 prime specimens for…...
Industrial Rock Gets Introspective on Age of Life's "Cambrian Pulse"
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (564+ words) Industrial Rock Gets Introspective on Age of Life's "Cambrian Pulse'Everything Is Noise Industrial Rock Gets Introspective on Age of Life's "Cambrian Pulse Around the same time that Nine Inch Nails broke industrial music in the American mainstream (ie. the early…...
Rare chance to tour fossil-rich land east of Colorado Springs
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (395+ words) Rugged bluffs and a surprisingly green, forested part of Colorado Springs" eastern plains are known among researchers of natural and human history. Among the broader public, Corral Bluffs and Jimmy Camp Creek are lesser known." But people can get familiar…...
Daily Jigsaw: Minerals, fossils and gems
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (130+ words) Among the of items available at the Memphis Mineral, Fossil and Gem Show Saturday were gemstones of all sorts, crystals in an array of colors, stunning amethyst geodes, megalodon teeth and dinosaur bones. Oh, and you could also buy fossilized…...
Tiny dinosaur weighing less than 2 pounds is turning evolution theories upside down
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (836+ words) For years, paleontologists have been trying to piece together the story of one of the strangest groups of dinosaurs around " small, bird-like creatures with stubby arms and a single oversized claw. Now, a nearly complete 90-million-year-old skeleton from Patagonia is…...
Rare nails in wood fossil revealed as jaw of world's oldest marine crocodile
5+ hour, 12+ min ago (649+ words) Feels like: 13. 3 C13. 3 F | Partly cloudy An amateur fossil hunter who found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile said she thought it was a piece of wood with nails driven through it. The upper jawbone fossil, found during…...
Tourist finds chunk of oldest sea crocodile on Lyme Regis beach
24+ min ago (714+ words) An amateur fossil hunter who found a rare fragment from the world's oldest marine crocodile said she thought it was a piece of wood with nails driven through it. The upper jawbone fossil, found during a guided walk along the…...
Hypodermis Regulates Temperature
14+ hour, 49+ min ago (110+ words) Newsmax The hypodermis is the bottom layer, the fatty layer, of the skin You need a healthy hypodermis to cushion the internal parts of the body, such as bones and organs If you fall, a healthy hypodermis can distribute the…...
Utah Paleontologist celebrates landmark dinosaur discovery with rare Explorers Club flag
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (159+ words) AOL. com A Utah paleontologist is sharing her experience after completing excavation work tied to the first dinosaur discovery in the American West and returning a rare Explorers Club expedition flag in New York. Harry Styles and Zo" Kravitz spark…...