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World's oldest crocodile fossil discovered during walk on beach
3+ week, 4+ day ago (325+ words) Oil prices edged up Friday after the previous day's wild swi" UK police announced Friday they have charged a 45-year-old m" Amateur fossil hunter Heather Salt holding the world's oldest crocodile fossil. (Lyme Regis Museum via SWNS) The world's oldest…...
Parrot-beaked" reptile found in Brazil may have Scottish cousins
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (880+ 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. The fossilized skull of the newly discovered species…...
New ape discovery "reshaping" understanding of evolution
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (887+ words) The discovery of a new ape species that lived in Egypt 17 million years ago is "reshaping" the understanding of evolution. The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than in…...
Brain of flying reptile's ancestor rebuilt to find out how they took flight
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (749+ 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
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (744+ words) The study suggests that " unlike modern birds " the now extinct reptiles may have used the sun's warmth to help hatch eggs. Scientists in Taiwan examined the brooding behavior and hatching patterns of bird-like but flightless oviraptors. The research team also…...
Creature with twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth discovered
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1018+ words) The remains of a "weird" creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth have been discovered in the Amazon jungle. Scientists say the plant-eater Tanyka was a "living fossil" when it stalked the Earth around 275 million years ago, from a…...