progscrape: paleontology

Palaeontologists have described Enalioetes schroederi, a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Early Cretaceous epoch of the Stadthagen Formation of north-western Germany.

3 months ago tandfonline.com paleontology

Ferganoceratodus edwardsi, a new species of Triassic lungfish, has been identified from fossilised tooth plate material found in Zimbabwe's Mid-Zambezi Basin.

3 months ago tandfonline.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of a tiny penguin, Pakudyptes hakataramea, based on fossilised remains from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand, which provides clues to the evolution of penguin wings.

3 months ago tandfonline.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum, a new genus and species of troodontid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch, based on an articulated postcranial skeleton found from Japan's Albian Ohyamashimo Formation.

3 months ago nature.com japan paleontology

Palaeontologists have described Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, a new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur characterised by an extremely developed orbital brow on the postorbital, amongst other features, from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

3 months ago academic.oup.com paleontology

500M-Year-Old 'Alien Fish Taco' Was Among First Creatures with Jaws

4 months ago scientificamerican.com paleontology

500 million-year-old fossil is the earliest branch of the spider’s lineage

4 months ago nature.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of small-sized prehistoric girrafid, Bramiscus micros, with two pairs of ossicones from the Miocene epoch.

4 months ago palaeo-electronica.org paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of deep-snouted tyrannosaurid dinosaur named Asiatyrannus xui from the Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou City of southeastern China.

3 months ago nature.com china paleontology

Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code

4 months ago theguardian.com genetics paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of pseudosuchian archosaur, Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis, from the Favret Formation of Nevada, revealing that archosauriforms occupied coastal regions globally during the Middle Triassic.

4 months ago royalsocietypublishing.org paleontology

Scientists have described a new genus and species of stegosaur, Baiyinosaurus baojiensis, from the Middle Jurassic Wangjiashan Formation in China.

4 months ago nature.com china paleontology

Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths

4 months ago theguardian.com paleontology

Scientists have just revealed their findings on what is the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found dating 510 million years old

4 months ago newatlas.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of pseudosuchian archosaur, Parvosuchus aurelioi, from the Middle-Late Triassic period, identified from fossils found in the Santa Maria Formation in Brazil.

5 months ago nature.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described the geologically oldest sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere, a nothosaur from the Middle Triassic of New Zealand.

5 months ago cell.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of unenlagiine dinosaur named Diuqin lechiguanae from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Argentina, filling a substantial gap in the fossil record of these theropods…

5 months ago bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com paleontology

Micro-CT data reveals new information on the craniomandibular and neuroanatomy of Gordonia traquairi, an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the Late Permian of Scotland.

5 months ago academic.oup.com paleontology

A team of researchers discovered that framboidal pyrite, an iron-sulfur mineral with characteristic shapes, forms exclusively through biogenic processes

5 months ago uni-tuebingen.de paleontology

A new legacy: potential of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry in the analysis of North American megafaunal remains

5 months ago frontiersin.org paleontology

Researchers have discovered a 550-million-year-old sea sponge from the “lost years” and proposed that the earliest sea sponges had not yet developed mineral skeletons, offering new parameters to the search for the missing fossils

5 months ago cam.ac.uk paleontology

Palaeontologists has unearthed the fossil remains of a pterodactyloid pterosaur with an estimated wingspan of at least 3 m (10 ft), representing one of the largest known examples of a Jurassic pterosaur, and one of the first pterodactyloids to be reported from the Jurassic of the United Kingdom.

5 months ago sciencedirect.com paleontology

Palaeontologists have described a new species of freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark based on fossilised teeth from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan.

5 months ago tandfonline.com japan paleontology

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5 months ago bristol.ac.uk paleontology

Scientists have discovered the first species of ceratosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Asia, extending the stratigraphic range of Ceratosauria by 40 million years on the continent.

5 months ago royalsocietypublishing.org paleontology

Likely ancestor of all modern hoofed animals identified

6 months ago dx.doi.org paleontology

A new study provides insights into the origin of avian endothermy, suggesting its evolution in theropod and ornithiscian dinosaurs starting in the Early Jurassic.

6 months ago cell.com paleontology

A new species and genus of Late Triassic massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur has been identified from fossilised remains in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe.

5 months ago app.pan.pl paleontology

'Echidnapus': Australian scientists discover ancient monotreme

5 months ago bbc.com australia paleontology

These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter

6 months ago sciencenews.org paleontology

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Palaeontologists have described Enalioetes schroederi, a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Early Cretaceous epoch of the Stadthagen Formation of north-western Germany.

Ferganoceratodus edwardsi, a new species of Triassic lungfish, has been identified from fossilised tooth plate material found in Zimbabwe's Mid-Zambezi Basin.

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of a tiny penguin, Pakudyptes hakataramea, based on fossilised remains from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand, which provides clues to the evolution of penguin wings.

Palaeontologists have described Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum, a new genus and species of troodontid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous epoch, based on an articulated postcranial skeleton found from Japan's Albian Ohyamashimo Formation.

Palaeontologists have described Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, a new genus and species of large theropod dinosaur characterised by an extremely developed orbital brow on the postorbital, amongst other features, from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

500M-Year-Old 'Alien Fish Taco' Was Among First Creatures with Jaws

500 million-year-old fossil is the earliest branch of the spider’s lineage

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of small-sized prehistoric girrafid, Bramiscus micros, with two pairs of ossicones from the Miocene epoch.

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of deep-snouted tyrannosaurid dinosaur named Asiatyrannus xui from the Upper Cretaceous Ganzhou City of southeastern China.

Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of pseudosuchian archosaur, Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis, from the Favret Formation of Nevada, revealing that archosauriforms occupied coastal regions globally during the Middle Triassic.

Scientists have described a new genus and species of stegosaur, Baiyinosaurus baojiensis, from the Middle Jurassic Wangjiashan Formation in China.

Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths

Scientists have just revealed their findings on what is the most pristine trilobite fossils ever found dating 510 million years old

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of pseudosuchian archosaur, Parvosuchus aurelioi, from the Middle-Late Triassic period, identified from fossils found in the Santa Maria Formation in Brazil.

Palaeontologists have described the geologically oldest sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere, a nothosaur from the Middle Triassic of New Zealand.

Palaeontologists have described a new genus and species of unenlagiine dinosaur named Diuqin lechiguanae from the Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Argentina, filling a substantial gap in the fossil record of these theropods…

Micro-CT data reveals new information on the craniomandibular and neuroanatomy of Gordonia traquairi, an extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the Late Permian of Scotland.

A team of researchers discovered that framboidal pyrite, an iron-sulfur mineral with characteristic shapes, forms exclusively through biogenic processes

A new legacy: potential of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry in the analysis of North American megafaunal remains

Researchers have discovered a 550-million-year-old sea sponge from the “lost years” and proposed that the earliest sea sponges had not yet developed mineral skeletons, offering new parameters to the search for the missing fossils

Palaeontologists has unearthed the fossil remains of a pterodactyloid pterosaur with an estimated wingspan of at least 3 m (10 ft), representing one of the largest known examples of a Jurassic pterosaur, and one of the first pterodactyloids to be reported from the Jurassic of the United Kingdom.

Palaeontologists have described a new species of freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark based on fossilised teeth from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan.

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Scientists have discovered the first species of ceratosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Asia, extending the stratigraphic range of Ceratosauria by 40 million years on the continent.

Likely ancestor of all modern hoofed animals identified

A new study provides insights into the origin of avian endothermy, suggesting its evolution in theropod and ornithiscian dinosaurs starting in the Early Jurassic.

A new species and genus of Late Triassic massopodan sauropodomorph dinosaur has been identified from fossilised remains in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe.

'Echidnapus': Australian scientists discover ancient monotreme

These Stone Age humans were more gatherer than hunter