Paleontologists

Sun, 2018-09-30

Millions of years ago, Taylor County was a far different place, one recorded in its fossil record.

Sat, 2018-09-29

After decades of conflicting evidence and numerous publications, a team of researchers at the Zoological Society of London’s Institute of Zoology has finally put the ‘world’s largest bird’ debate to rest.

Fri, 2018-09-28

At Wauconda Library's summer STEAM camp, a young patron wanted to know, "How many teeth do Yutyrannus have?"

Tue, 2018-10-02

Paleontologists have discovered what they say is a completely unexpected new sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived 200 million years ago (...

Fri, 2018-09-28

A paper published on Spetember 2018, reports that a recent fossil discovery in Central Utah is changing what researchers know about the emergence of large flowering trees both here in the Mountain West, and around the world.

Thu, 2018-09-27

The venerable Land Cruiser has the distinction of being the primary vehicle in Michael Crichton’s best-selling 1990 novel “Jurassic Park.”

Wed, 2018-09-26

Chinese paleontologists reported a newly identified, extincted bird species from a 127 million-year-old fossil deposit in northeastern China.

Tue, 2018-09-25

The Earth’s climate is changing, and it’s changed before. The world’s oceans are warming, and they’ve warmed before.

Fri, 2018-09-21

Found on the cliffs of Russia’s northwest coast along the White Sea, the fossils predate snails, bivalves, and arthropods.

Fri, 2018-09-21

According to new research published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, mesosaurs — the oldest known reptiles that developed...

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