progscrape: 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.

13 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.

12 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.

12 months ago academic.oup.com paleontology

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

13 months ago scientificamerican.com paleontology

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

13 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.

13 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.

13 months ago nature.com china paleontology

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

13 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.

13 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.

14 months ago nature.com china paleontology