back to top
27.8 C
New York
Monday, December 16, 2024
Home Fossils Page 2

Fossils

Latest
Composite image using high-resolution microscopy and spectroscopy showing the absorption and replacement processes of rare earth elements in the eggshell.

A cracking discovery – eggshell waste can recover rare earth elements...

Coal core

Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements?

Fossilized Douglassarachne acanthopoda, noted for its up-armored spiny legs, might have resemblance to modern harvestmen, but with a more experimental body plan. Credit: Paul Selden

308-million-year-old arachnid discovered in the Mazon Creek locality

A reconstruction of a gigantic ichthyosaur - floating dead on the surface of the ocean. Remains of ichthyosaurs have been found in ocean sediment in various places around Europe. Credit: Marcello Perillo/University of Bonn

Do some mysterious bones belong to gigantic ichthyosaurs?

Reconstruction of fossil fish. Credit: Richard Dearden

3D mouth of an ancient jawless fish suggests they were filter-feeders,...

New reconstruction of the skeleton of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish, Tiktaalik roseae. In a new study, researchers used Micro-CT to reveal vertebrae and ribs of the fish that were previously hidden beneath rock. The new reconstruction shows that the fish’s ribs likely attached to its pelvis, an innovation thought to be crucial to supporting the body and for the eventual evolution of walking. Credit: Thomas Stewart, Penn State

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the...

Khinjaria acuta was around the length of an orca, (7-8 metres). (Credit: Andrey Atuchin)

Fossils of giant sea lizard with dagger-like teeth show how our...

Illustration showing the fossil skeleton of Imparavis attenboroughi, alongside a reconstruction of the bird in life. © Ville Sinkkonen.

Fossil named ‘Attenborough’s strange bird’ was the first in its kind...

Fossilised trackways of small arthropods

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils

Left: The flight feathers of Temminck's Lark. Right: The wing of a fossil bird, Confuciusornis. Photos by Yosef Kiat.

Which Dinosaurs Could Fly?

mollusc from the Cabrières Biota. Credit: Farid Saleh - UNIL

New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France

Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile evolution – but has now been found to be, in part a forgery. Its body outline, appearing dark against the surrounding rock, was initially interpreted as preserved soft tissues but is now known to be paint.

Mystery solved: The oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an...

A cut slice of altered mantle rock. (Photo by: Solvin Zankl)

Researchers studying ocean transform faults, describe a previously unknown part of...

Coloured fossil snail shells (left) and a snail shell from modern times (large specimen on the right) Photo: Klaus Wolkenstein

Surprisingly vibrant color of 12-million-year-old snail shells

Sanfordiacaulis densifolia fossil (Scale is 1 m). Credit: Matthew Stimson

Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike...

Showing partial skeleton of gliding reptile Kuehneosaurus on rock from Emborough. Image credit: David Whiteside

Student discovers 200-million-year-old flying reptile in Somerset

Study sheds new light on the body form of the Megalodon, and its role in shaping ancient marine life. (DePaul University/Kenshu Shimada)

The megalodon was less mega than previously believed

Woolly mammoth illustration Mauricio Antón © 2008 Public Library of Science

Woolly mammoth movements tied to earliest Alaska hunting camps

Earth

Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in...

A mosasaur discovered in Japan was the most complete skeleton ever found in Japan or the northwestern Pacific. Graphic/Takuya Konishi

This Japanese ‘dragon’ terrorized ancient seas

123...78Page 2 of 78

Related Articles

All
Facebook Instagram Linkedin TikTok Twitter Youtube
© © 2011-2024. All Rights Reserved.