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Fossils reveal platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (752+ words) Artist's impression of the toothed platypus that lived 25 million years, probably with other other aquatic animals including ancient lungfish, flamingos and freshwater dolphins. (Gen Conway / Flinders University Palaeontology Lab via SWNS) Platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago, reveals an…...
World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
1+ week, 4+ day ago (83+ words) Caledonian Record Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest crocodile fossil has been found during a walk on the Jurassic Coast. Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt discovered the…...
Parrot-beaked" reptile found in Brazil may have Scottish cousins
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (86+ words) Isodapedon Varzealis in a landscape 230 million years ago. (Caio Fantini via SWNS) A "parrot-beaked" reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs in Brazil 230 million years ago may have had relatives in Scotland, say scientists. Prospecting at the fossil site. (Rodrigo Temp M'ller…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
3+ week, 5+ day ago (72+ words) Caledonian Record The fossil is actually a species related to a modern Nautilus, a multi-tentacled animal with an external shell. (Dr. Thomas Clements via SWNS) A 300-million-year-old fossil hailed as the world's oldest "octopus" has turned out to be something…...
Treasure trove" reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (136+ words) Reconstruction of Jiangchuan biota (~554-539 million years ago). (Xiaodong Wang via SWNS) The discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The Haootia-like fossil (an early cnidarian the phylum that includes…...
Scientists solve 75-million-year-old dinosaur "murder mystery
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (370+ words) Caledonian Record Visualization of a tyrannosaur scavenging on a larger conspecific. (Josephine Nielsen / Aarhus University via SWNS) Josephine Nielsen at an excavation in Montana in the summer of 2024. (Josephine Nielsen / Aarhus University via SWNS) Tyrannosaurus rex was the ultimate cannibal…...
Brain of flying reptile's ancestor rebuilt to find out how they took flight
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (99+ words) Paleontologist L'sie V. S. Damke holding an enlarged model of the brain of Venetoraptor gassenae. (Rodrigo Temp M'ller via SWNS) The brain of a 233-million-year-old ancestor of the first flying reptiles has been reconstructed in a bid to work out how they…...
New research reveals dinosaurs used sun to help hatch eggs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (359+ words) Caledonian Record An experiment to test how dinosaurs might have hatched eggs. (Chun-Yu Su via SWNS) Dinosaurs hatched eggs less efficiently than modern birds, according to new research. (Chun-Yu Su via SWNS) Javascript is required for you to be able…...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man's ancestors
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (112+ words) Caledonian Record Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. (Tyler Stone, University of Iowa via SWNS) A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (385+ words) Caledonian Record Tiny fossill of purgatorius upper molar from Corral Bluffs in Denver. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) Illustration of a Purgatorius. (Andrey Atuchin via SWNS) Brooklyn College Undergraduate Research assistants. (Dr. Stephen Chester via SWNS) DMNS interns and volunteers....