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Paleontologists Identify Exceptionally Well-Preserved Dinosaur Species in Thailand

A multi-institutional team of paleontologists made an astounding discovery in Thailand back in 2012 when they unearthed the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur species. The remarkable finding was recently published in the journal Diversity, where the group of researchers meticulously detailed the fossil's origin,...

94-Million-Year-Old Mosasaur Fossil Discovered in Southern Utah

Dr. Barry Albright, a faculty member at the University of North Florida, has participated in a research project led by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which has resulted in the discovery of a 94-million-year-old mosasaur in the gray shale badlands of the Glen...

Olympicetus Thalassodon: Unveiling the Mysterious Ancestors of Dolphins

A groundbreaking discovery in paleontology has unveiled the remarkable secrets of the earliest ancestors of today's dolphins. Meet Olympicetus thalassodon, a fascinating new species of toothed whale that roamed the North Pacific coastline approximately 28 million years ago. This extraordinary find, described in a recent study...

Mastodon tusk chemical analysis reveals the first evidence of one extinct animal’s annual migration

According to the first study to document the annual migration of an individual animal from an extinct species, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what is now northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory,...