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World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (163+ words) Indiana Gazette Online Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt discovered the world's oldest crocodile fossil during a guided walk on the Jurassic Coast. (Lyme Regis…...
Ancient "octopus" fossil is actually a different species
2+ week, 4+ day ago (73+ words) Indiana Gazette Online 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…...
Treasure trove" reveals animal diversity began earlier than thought
3+ week, 3+ 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…...
New research reveals dinosaurs used sun to help hatch eggs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (44+ words) Indiana Gazette Online 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)...
Study finds crocodile-like predator preyed on man's ancestors
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (89+ words) Indiana Gazette Online 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…...
Croc ancestor started life on 4 legs before it began walking on 2
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (138+ words) Indiana Gazette Online Artist's reconstruction of Sonselasuchus cedrus in its environment in what is now Petrified Forest National Park, 215 million years ago. (Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto via SWNS) A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile started life on four legs…...
Creature with twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth discovered
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (142+ words) Indiana Gazette Online Illustration showing Tanyka amnicola in life, eating underwater plants. (Vitor Silva via SWNS) Tanyka jawbone, with rock hammer for scale, found in the Brazil. (Dr. Ken Angielczyk / Field Museum via SWNS) Fossil showing the denticles on the…...
Teeny tiny fossil reveals clues about evolution of primates
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) Indiana Gazette Online 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…...
Triceratops skeleton 'Trey' to hit the auction block as dinosaur market soars
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (130+ words) Indiana Gazette Online A triceratops skeleton, dubbed "Trey," was displayed at Co-Museum at Le Freeport Singapore on Feb. 5. A triceratops skeleton that stood in a Wyoming museum for decades will be auctioned off, a rare instance of a museum-exhibited dinosaur…...
Study finds triceratops" huge nose helped control body temperature
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (156+ words) Indiana Gazette Online Illustration of researchers hypothesized layout for the inside of Triceratops nasal cavity. (K. Sakane CC-BY-ND via SWNS) Dr. Seishiro Tada (left) standing next to an awe-inspiring Triceratops skull, with its enormous nasal cavity visible at the front. (Tada…...