Picture: Through computed tomography (CT) imaging, WVU geologist James Lamsdell led a team that uncovered proof of air respiration in a 340 million-year-old sea scorpion, or eurypterid. This is a single of… look at more Credit history: James Lamsdell Researchers have very long debated the respiratory workings of sea scorpions, but […]
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Australian fossil reveals new plant species
Picture: impression shows co-author Anne-Laure Decombeix excavating the Barraba fossil web site during an expedition in 2013. perspective more Credit history: Antoine Champreux Antoine Champreux, a PhD student in the International Ecology Lab at Flinders University, has catalogued the discovery of the new fern-like plant species as element of an global […]
First fossil nursery of the great white shark discovered
Graphic: Established of teeth of present day white shark and a reconstructed established of teeth of a fossil great white shark. watch more Credit rating: ©Jaime Villafaña/Juergen Kriwet The great white shark is one of the most charismatic, but also one of the most infamous sharks. Even with its worth as […]
Fossil reveals evidence of 200-million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
Impression: The dramatic coastline in close proximity to Charmouth in Dorset, Uk, has yielded a huge selection of significant fossils. perspective more Credit rating: Lloyd Russell, College of Plymouth Scientists have identified the world’s oldest recognised case in point of a squid-like creature attacking its prey, in a fossil courting back […]
New fossil from Brazil hints at the origins of the mysterious tanystropheid reptiles
A new species of Triassic reptile from Brazil is a close cousin of a mysterious group called tanystropheids, according to a study published April 8, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Tiane De-Oliviera of the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil and colleagues. After the Permian mass extinction, […]
Reconstructing the diet of fossil vertebrates
Picture: Fossil tooth of an eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii) from the Tam Ham Marklot cave’s fossil assemblage. This species of deer is even now discovered today in Southeast Asia, and Laos particularly…. view more Credit history: Nicolas Bourgon Details on what our ancestors ate is primarily based mainly on carbon and […]