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$50 million paid for huge T-Rex fossil at auction
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (36+ words) Yahoo A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world's largest and most complete specimens has sold for a record $50.1 million at an auction....
113-million-year-old pterosaur in Brazil held molecules that revealed a fish-and-squid diet
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (493+ words) Those molecules pointed to a diet heavy in fish and squid, giving researchers a rare chemical signal from a creature that died more than 100 million years ago. The specimen's remarkable state of preservation gave clues about what this flying reptile…...
An 'unremarkable' fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is the continent's first dinosaur bone
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (420+ words) More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered the earliest dinosaur specimen known to have been…...
Tiny fossil teeth show the world's most abundant deep-sea fish swam warm seas 55 million years ago
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (491+ words) Scientists have traced the fish genus Cyclothone much further back in time by studying tiny teeth preserved in seafloor sediments. According to Yale News, the evidence suggests this group of fish lived in the ocean at least 55 million years ago,…...
Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil sat unnoticed for 40 years before a scientist spotted it
1+ week, 2+ day ago (309+ words) Scientists have now identified a bone gathered in Antarctica in 1985 as the continent's earliest recognized dinosaur fossil. Only after nearly four decades in storage did researchers realize it belonged to a dinosaur. The specimen was collected on the Antarctic Peninsula…...
Slate Crossword: Epoch When Mammals as We Know Them First Popped Up (Six Letters)
1+ week, 4+ day ago (30+ words) Yahoo Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for July 3, 2026....
Scientists Uncover Fossil Teeth Showing How Early Mammals Adapted After the Dinosaur Extinction
1+ week, 4+ day ago (544+ words) Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from 37 ancient mammal species that lived after the mass extinction of dinosaurs The study suggests early mammals first evolved larger teeth before developing more specialized diets Scientists say the findings help fill a major gap in…...
Labeled just 'feline,' skull in a New York museum drawer turns out to be a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat
1+ week, 4+ day ago (377+ words) A postdoctoral researcher recently identified a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat fossil — but the discovery didn't happen in the field. Instead, the previously unrecognized specimen was found tucked away in a drawer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York…...
New raptor in Argentina had the same curved claw as China's velociraptors
1+ week, 4+ day ago (294+ words) Scientists have discovered Velociraptor fossils in Argentina that have features similar to those found in China, over 11,800 miles away. That shared feature is helping researchers explore how closely connected some dinosaur lineages may have been in the ancient world. According…...