#paleontology

#paleontology

11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her father discovered part of the largest marine reptile ever found, a giant Ichthyosaur, on a beach in southwest England. [ more ]

The fossilized vertebrae found in an Indian coal mine belonged to a gigantic snake species named Vasuki indicus. [ more ]

The fossil of a 270m-year-old amphibian ancestor was named Kermitops gratus after Kermit the Frog for its resemblance to the TV icon.

Kermitops is considered a key evolutionary step as one of the first true amphibians in the transition from water to land. [ more ]

Dog-walker discovers 70-million-year-old titanosaur fossil in southern France.

Excavation of the nearly complete titanosaur skeleton kept secret for two years to protect the site. [ more ]

Debate has persisted for years about whether dinosaurs were already declining before the asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago.

Some argue that a perceived decrease in dinosaur diversity may be due to biases in fossil preservation and accessibility. [ more ]

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur related to the 'chicken from hell' dinosaur discovered in 2014.

The discovery of this new species challenges the existing theory that dinosaur diversity was declining before the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous period. [ more ]

Caudipteryx, a three-foot-long dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago in China, had small wings that paleontologists are trying to understand the purpose of.

Researchers built a robotic Caudipteryx model to conduct experiments and study the different types of wings and their functionality. [ more ]

Mary Anne Woodhouse discovered the first dinosaur ever studied by scientists.

The book 'Mujeres de las piedras' highlights the forgotten contributions of 170 pioneering women in paleontology. [ more ]

A new species of Tyrannosaurus, called T. mcraeensis, has been identified as the closest known relative to the T. rex.

The discovery of T. mcraeensis challenges previous theories about the origins of the T. rex. [ more ]

Scientists have discovered a new relative of Tyrannosaurus rex called Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, which sheds light on the diversity and size of these predators.

The new tyrannosaur Mcraeensis may have lived between 71 and 73 million years ago, five to seven million years before T. rex. [ more ]

Soft robot version of ancient sea creature Pleurocystitid created using paleontology principles.

Replica allows scientists to decode movement and explore biomechanical differences among life forms. [ more ]

The 1931 Italian Alps rock believed to be a reptile fossil with preserved soft tissues was actually mostly paint, revealed by researcher Valentina Rossi.

Valentina Rossi discovered the forgery during her research and aims to uncover the true animal preserved under the paint. [ more ]

New pterosaur species, Ceoptera evansae, discovered in Scotland provides important new data on the geographic range of Darwinoptera. Researchers used microcomputed tomography and X-ray to study the pterosaur's phylogenetics. [ more ]

Kyle Atkins-Weltman, a PhD student, discovered a new dinosaur species known as Eoneophron infernalis.

Eoneophron infernalis is a birdlike species similar to Anzu wyliei, but smaller in size. [ more ]