Paleontology

Amber Deposit Captures Glimpse Of Evolution During Cretaceous

A 95-million-year-old amber deposit discovered in ethopia has added 30 arthropods from thirteen families of insects and spiders. The fossils represent some of the earliest African fossil records for a variety of arthropods, including wasps, barklice, moths ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2010 - 4:53pm

New Missing Link Gets A Name- Australopithecus Sediba

The new species of hominid  discovered 40 kilometers outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, the first missing link of 2010,  has been dubbed Australopithecus sediba by its discoverers. Researchers believe the new species might be the link between the south ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2010 - 11:07am

New Missing Link- Or Maybe Not

New Missing Link- Or Maybe Not The recent suggestion that Australopithecus Sediba is an intermediate species has aroused controversy. The following extracts are from naturenews. Claim over 'human ancestor' sparks furore Researchers dispute that ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 10 2010 - 5:25am

Bony-Skulled Texacephale Langstoni Discovered In Texas

Paleontologists have discovered a plant-eating dinosaur that live 70 to 80 million years ago. The new species, Texacephale langstoni,  was about as big as a medium sized dog. The discovery represents a new genus of pachycephalosaur, a group of bipedal, thi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 12:31pm

Pliopithecus Canmatensis- New Primate Species Found In Catalonia

Researchers writing in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology say they have discovered an 11 million-year-old species of Pliopithecus primate, Pliopithecus canmatensis, in the Vallès-Penedès basin in Catalonia. Named in honor of the place they were ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2010 - 10:58am

Cretaceous Flying Lizard Named Aetodactylus Halli

The fossilized jaw of a 95 million-year-old pterosaur discovered in Texas in 2006 has been identified as a new genus and species of flying reptile- Aetodactylus halli. The rare pterosaur — literally a winged lizard — is also one of the youngest members in ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2010 - 11:42am

Magyarosaurus Dacus- A Sauropod Dwarf, Study Finds

Researchers at the University of Bonn have found evidence indicating that some Sauropod dinosaurs, typically known for their enormous size, were island dwellers and evolved into dwarfs. By studying the structure of their fossils, researchers confirmed that ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2010 - 11:25am

Archaeopteryx: Researchers Discover Dinobird's Original Chemistry

A 150 million year old Archaeopteryx fossil, long thought to contain nothing but fossilized bone and rock, has been hiding remnants of the animal's original chemistry, say researchers writing in PNAS. The find provides a chemical link between dinosaur ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2011 - 11:31pm

Ordovician Fossil Find Fills Gaps In Evolution

A team of Yale paleontologists have discovered a rich array of exceptionally preserved fossils of marine animals in Morocco that lived during the the early part of the Ordovician, between 480 million and 472 million years ago. The specimens are the oldest ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2010 - 11:58am

Paleontologists Discover Extinct Shark Nursery In Panama

Paleontologists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Florida have uncovered the nursery of the ancient shark species Carcharocles megalodon in what is now Panama. Researchers say the nursery provided a safe environment for ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 12:44pm