Paleontology

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

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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

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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

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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 ...

“Once-in-a-Million-Years” – Scientists Discover Strange Fossils of Duckbill Dinosaurs in Morocco

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Minqaria bata was around the size of a pony (3-4 meters long) and closely resembles the European species of duckbill dinosaur. Credit: ...

New Crocodile Ancestor Discovered in Texas Reveals Secrets of Armor Evolution

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

An artist’s interpretation of the newly identified aetosaur Garzapelta mueller. Credit: Márcio L. Castro Researchers identified a new aetosaur species, Garzapelta muelleri, ...

This Colossus Was a “Heron From Hell” – New Research Unravels Secrets of Controversial Dinosaur

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Doing what they do better than any animal that ever evolved, a pair of the giant sail-backed predators, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, wade into ...

Family Discovers 8 Huge Dinosaur Footprints While Walking on Eroded Beach (Photos)

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Dinosaur footprints on the beach in Bexhill, East Sussex – By Vicky Ballinger / SWNS A family was strolling along an eroded ...

The Mysterious 280-Million-Year-Old Fossil That Fooled Scientists for Decades

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Tridentinosaurus antiquus was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931 and was thought to be an important specimen for understanding early reptile ...

Ancient lizard ‘fossil’ in Italian Alps was painted onto rock in historic hoax

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Preliminary investigations using UV photography showed that the entirety of the specimen was treated with some sort of coating material. The team ...