Paleontologists

Wed, 2018-01-31

The location, called Sirius Passet in Peary Land in the far north of Greenland, has been known as an early Cambrian fossil site, but it lies close to a geological fold belt. Having been heated to 200° C or more by metamorphism, most of the fossils at Sirius Passet have...

Wed, 2018-01-31

Following Ray Stanford's 2012 discovery, a NASA volunteer works to excavate the slab containing the fossil footprints.

Tue, 2018-01-30

 A new species of bristle worm that lived about 508 million years ago (Cambrian period) has been identified from fossils found in...

Sat, 2018-01-27

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich report the first description of the geologically oldest fossil securely attributable to the genus ...

Wed, 2018-01-31

Researchers have found the fossil of a dinosaur in the Sahara Desert, which could help explain the evolution of the animals in the continent.

Tue, 2018-01-23

The fossil park in Balasinor had revealed fossils of Rajasaurus Narmadensis, a carnivorous species of the...

Thu, 2018-01-25

Dinosaurs that lived in what is now known as Victoria more than 120 million years ago would have dealt with prolonged periods of darkness and below freezing temperatures, a new study reveals.

Tue, 2018-01-23

The biggest discoveries can be made by the unlikeliest of scientists, like a volunteer sifting through desert rocks.

Thu, 2018-01-25

A new study based on recent findings might shed a new light on annelids (ringed worms). Researchers now have solid evidence that these animals developed heads more than 500 million years ago. An extremely well-preserved fossil also suggests how the head...

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