The researchers have been excavating the area during the past three years, discovering the fossils of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, wasps, beetles, sawflies, ants, dragonflies, and a variety of fish and rainforest plants. Matthew McCurry from the Australian Museum and the University of New So...
The morphological and functional evolution of appendages has played a crucial role in the adaptive radiation of tetrapods, arthropods and winged insects. The origin and diversification of fins, wings and other structures, long a focus of palaeontology, can now be approached through developmental geneti...
The morphological and functional evolution of appendages has played a crucial role in the adaptive radiation of tetrapods, arthropods and winged insects. The origin and diversification of fins, wings and other structures, long a focus of palaeontology, can now be approached through developmental geneti...
The giant pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of up to 12 meters (39 feet). The dinosaur Argentinosaurus had an estimated weight of 80,000 kg, equal to the weight of seven elephants! Other fossils, such as the trilobite and ammonite, impress us with their bizarre forms and delicate ...
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Both are of late Lower Cretaceous age (Aptian-Albian) and yield diverse and excellently preserved angiosperms, gymnosperms, insects, crustaceans, fishes and tetrapods, including giant pterosaurs. The sedimentology of the Araripe Basin is varied and reflects a dynamic basin influenced by regional ...
Glyptodonts, Horses, and Giant Ground Sloths. During interglacial periods, the sea levels would rise, covering much of Florida. Sediments would bury and preserve the remains of these Ice Age animals. Today, these fossils erode out of the layers of Pleistocene sands and gravels and wash into ri...
Before the monkey teeth were discovered, the oldest evidence of movement of a mammal from South to North America are 8.5—9 million-year-old fossil remains of giant sloths. The authors of this report suggest two explanations: 1) that mammals from South America were more adapted to life in ...
Fossils provide remarkable glimpses into the history of life on Earth. While the giant dinosaur fossils like T. rex and Apatosaurus may dominate the public eye, smaller fossils such as cyanobacteria and trilobites offer even more fascinating insights into the ancient world. Fossils remain rare, how...
Wombats used to be about the size of a Prius. In a remote part of the outback in Australia, almost 50 prehistoric mega-wombats called Diprotodons have been discovered in what’s being called a ‘graveyard’ for these giant animals.