Paleontology

New Study Reveals That Ammonoids Thrived Until Their Sudden Extinction

New Study Reveals That Ammonoids Thrived Until Their Sudden Extinction

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A new study challenges the view that ammonoids were declining before their extinction 66 million years ago, showing instead that they remained ...

New Study Challenges 30-Year-Old Theory Linking Griffins to Dinosaurs

New Study Challenges 30-Year-Old Theory Linking Griffins to Dinosaurs

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur. The latter are said to have informed ...

Remarkable New Dinosaur Unearthed in the Ancient Swamps of Montana

Remarkable New Dinosaur Unearthed in the Ancient Swamps of Montana

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move past in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi © ...

“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox

“I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It Before” – Unusual 550 Million Year Old Fossil Solves Paleontological Paradox

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A groundbreaking discovery of a 550 million-year-old sea sponge fossil offers new insights into sponge evolution and guides future fossil searches. Reconstructed ...

Scientists Unveil the True Origins of Welsh Dragons – New Fossil Evidence Changes History

Scientists Unveil the True Origins of Welsh Dragons – New Fossil Evidence Changes History

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A major fossil discovery in Wales reveals early dinosaurs lived on a tropical lowland by the sea over 200 million years ago. ...

Scientists Discover Potential Origin of the First “Warm-Blooded” Dinosaurs

Scientists Discover Potential Origin of the First “Warm-Blooded” Dinosaurs

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Recent research indicates that some dinosaurs might have developed the ability to internally regulate their body temperature during the early Jurassic period, ...

New Research Reveals That Dinosaurs Were Not As Smart as We Thought

New Research Reveals That Dinosaurs Were Not As Smart as We Thought

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Image of a T. rex skeletal cast at Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Germany. T. rex lived at the end of the Cretaceous (about ...

Scientists Discover 82-Feet-Long Ancient “Giant Fish Lizard” in the UK

Scientists Discover 82-Feet-Long Ancient “Giant Fish Lizard” in the UK

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A second two-meter-long ichthyosaur jawbone discovered in Somerset, UK, has unveiled a new giant species, Ichthyotitan severnensis, dating back 202 million years, ...

A New Study Shakes Up Ecological Theories

A New Study Shakes Up Ecological Theories

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Nanuqsaurus, standing in the background, and pachyrhinosaurus, skull in the foreground, were among the dinosaur species included in a new study led ...

New Jurassic Fossils Reveal That Our Hearing Evolved From Reptilian Jawbones

New Jurassic Fossils Reveal That Our Hearing Evolved From Reptilian Jawbones

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Recent paleontological research has unveiled crucial insights into the evolution of hearing in early mammals, marking a significant advancement in our understanding ...