Paleontology

Eurazhdarcho Langendorfensis: New Extinct Flying Reptile Identified

A new kind of pterosaur named Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis was a flying reptile from the time of the dinosaurs, according to scientists from the Transylvanian Museum Society in Romania, the University of Southampton in the UK and the Museau Nacional in Ri ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2013 - 7:44pm

Extinct Giant Camel Remains Discovered In High Arctic

The first evidence for an extinct giant camel in Canada's High Arctic has been revealed. The discovery is based on 30 fossil fragments of a leg bone found on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut and represents the most northerly record for early camels, whose a ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2013 - 6:30pm

New Crocodilian, Hippo-Like Species Discovered In Panama

Remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during recent Panama Canal excavations have led to discovering of new species. The two new ancient, extinct alligator-like animals and an extinct hippo-like s ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2013 - 4:30pm

Coll De Nargó: 4 Dinosaur Egg Species Identified

A study has documented detailed records of dinosaur egg fossils in the Coll de Nargó archaeological site in Lleida, Spain and found there are four. Up until now, only one type of dinosaur egg had been documented in the region.  The archaeological site in ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2013 - 1:28pm

First Whale Skeleton Found On Ocean Floor In Antarctica

In a first, a whale skeleton has been found on the ocean floor near Antarctica, almost a mile below the surface in an undersea crater. With it were at least nine new species of deep-sea organisms thriving on the bones.  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2013 - 9:53am

Dual Anal Fin Fossil- Evolution Was Drinking Again

An unusual fossil of Euphanerops, a fossil jawless fish that swam in the seas around 370 million years ago, has fins behind its anus- a pair of them.  The find makes the fish one of the first vertebrate to develop paired appendages such as fins, legs or a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2013 - 11:02am

The Top 5 Most Irritating Terms In Evolution Reporting

Evolution is misunderstood by millions.   And, it has to be said, a lot of the time, this problem isn't helped by the way things are reported   on the TV or in the news. These are the 5 most common terms that, when I hear them used, I die a little. Th ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Apr 18 2013 - 3:13pm

Eocypselus Rowei: Hummingbird Precursor Discovered

A tiny fossil, the nearly complete skeleton of a bird that would have fit in the palm of your hand and weighed less than an ounce, offers clues to the precursors of swift and hummingbird wings. The fossil discovered in Wyoming is unusual in having excepti ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2013 - 1:56pm

The Cave Of Death: 10 Million B.C.

Why did saber-toothed cats, hyenas, an extinct 'bear-dog', ancestors of the red panda and several other carnivores die under unusual circumstances in a Spanish cave near Madrid approximately 10 million years ago? Different scenarios have been fl ...

Article - News Staff - May 1 2013 - 5:46pm

New fossil arthropod named after Johnny Depp

There a lot of rules governing how you name new species. But that doesn't mean that fun things can't still get through. This is Kootenichela deppi, a new 540 million year old arthropod from a deposit related to the Burgess Shale in British columb ...

Blog Post - Oliver Knevitt - May 2 2013 - 6:02am