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When the dinosaurs died, lichens thrived

Illustration of marine fossils that have existed since the Cambrian. Represented taxa include brachiopods, trilobites, ammonites, bivalves, and decapods.

A new normal: Study explains universal pattern in fossil record

Fragment of Tarbosaurus lower jaw with teeth sampled (white stripes on tooth enamel)

Tooth enamel analyses offer insights into the diet and habitat of...

Eocoracias brachyptera fossil sample used for this study.

Blue color tones in fossilized prehistoric feathers

A hitherto unknown type of carnivorous dinosaur measuring just over a meter and a half long that lived 90 million years ago has been identified in the Cruzeiro do Oeste municipality of southern Brazil

Desert-dwelling carnivorous dinosaur found in Brazil

Artist’s reconstruction of Isisfordia molnari.

The ancient croc that preyed on dinosaurs

An artists impression of a Redlichia trilobite on the Cambrian seafloor.

New ‘king’ of fossils discovered on Kangaroo Island

The fossilized remains of Dickinsonia found at the Nilpena Heritage site in Australia. Credit: Scott Evans / UCR

Some of Earth’s oldest animals could take trips

Fossils

Marine life recovery following the dinosaurs’ extinction

sluglike mollusk Wiwaxia

Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician

Reconstruction of the studied pterosaur

Feathers came first, then birds

During the Early Cretaceous period (145-100 million years ago), nonavian dinosaurs likely migrated between Africa and Europe. Image adapted from research figure originally published in Systematic Biology

In hot pursuit of dinosaurs: Tracking extinct species on ancient Earth...

Phuwiangvenator and Vayuraptor were fast and dangerous predators. Although only half as long as its relative, the T. rex, Phuwiangvenator almost reached the size of an Asian elephant.

Thai dinosaur is a cousin of T. rex

The key fossil examined in this study is a 3-million-year-old extinct species of field mouse from Germany.

Researchers identify reddish coloring in an ancient fossil

Microscopic view on marine plankton.

Plankton as a climate driver instead of the sun?

An artist’s impression of Rhoetosaurus brownei, (c) Queensland Museum 2014. Credit: Konstantinov, Atuchin & Hocknull.

A high-heeled dinosaur?

The new heron species was described from two interlocking shoulder bones from the same individual: the scapula, top, and coracoid, a bone that is often useful for identifying bird species.

Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida...

Bedbug

Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago “walked the earth...

Close-up view of the Ichniotherium trackway from Grand Canyon National Park.

Newly discovered fossil footprints force paleontologists to rethink ancient desert inhabitants

The cast of “Little Guy” mounted on display in the East Tennessee State University Museum of Natural History at the Gray Fossil Site

Texas A&M student identifies unique 5-million-year-old rhino species

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