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Woman finds centuries-old megalodon tooth in dive off N. C. coast
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (116+ words) A woman diving off the coast of North Carolina last week found a megalodon tooth close to 7 inches in length that she believes is between 2-20 million years old." Sandra Clopp, owner of Megalodon Shark Tooth Huntress"was about 50 miles off…...
Scientists say the world's oldest octopus fossil isn't an octopus after all
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (499+ words) Newly published research concludes that fossilized remains listed by Guinness World Records as the earliest known octopus belong instead to a relative of a nautilus, a cephalopod with both tentacles and a shell. University of Reading zoologist Thomas Clements, the…...
Kids ask questions about new dino discovery at NC Museum of Natural Sciences "
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (152+ words) Scientists at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences have found that what was believed to be a juvenile T. rex skeleton is instead a distant relative, the first of its kind to be found in a full skeleton. Kids ask questions…...
Dino discovery: Watch live what NC scientists have found in the fossils of T. Rex, Triceratops
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (109+ words) Paleontologists at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences have made a discovery in the "dueling dinosaurs." Tap to watch them explain what they found. Dino discovery: Watch live what NC scientists have found in the fossils of T. Rex, Triceratops Paleontologists…...
Diver discovers massive megalodon tooth off Wilmington coast
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (129+ words) A Morehead City man is showing off a huge find. Christian Corbitt, CEO of Encounter SCUBA, pulled up a six-inch megalodon tooth during a recent dive about 30 miles off the coast of Wilmington. Corbitt's Facebook page shows he found three…...