progscrape: paleontology

Flying reptiles called pterosaurs ruled the skies 90 million years ago. They had hollow bones allowing the sometimes huge animals to fly

46 hours ago pnas.org paleontology

Global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum 56 million years ago resulted in pollinators spreading northwards, as tropical plants expanded their range and wind-based pollination was reduced

18 days ago theconversation.com paleontology

Groundbreaking study suggests the Cambrian explosion of life might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought

25 days ago web.ub.edu paleontology

Huge array of bones from 75,000 years ago found in the Arne Qvam Cave in Norway fill a "significant void in our understanding of biodiversity and the environment during a period of dramatic climate change".

17 days ago sciencealert.com paleontology

25-million-year-old whale with razor-sharp teeth and eyes the size of tennis balls discovered in Australia

15 days ago theguardian.com australia paleontology

500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Ocean Origin For Spiders

36 days ago sciencealert.com paleontology

Tracks from 76 million years ago could be evidence of multi-species herding among dinosaurs

30 days ago sciencealert.com paleontology

Teeth marks made on the leg bone of a large avian reptile known as a terror bird 13 million years ago suggest an even bigger predator may have killed it, scientists say.

37 days ago bbc.com paleontology

200 million year-old flying reptile species found

52 days ago bbc.co.uk paleontology

Neanderthals Processed Bones on a large scale to Access Nutrients 125,000 Years Ago — Evidence of Advanced Resource Use

57 days ago science.org paleontology

New Species of Extremely Gigantic Sauropod Dinosaur Found in China

48 days ago sci.news china paleontology

For nearly 100 million years, a 'zombifying' fungus has been infecting insects, researchers report

2 months ago sciencenews.org paleontology

We finally know the recipe for 5,000-year-old Egyptian blue dye

2 months ago newatlas.com paleontology

For the first time, fossil stomach contents of a sauropod dinosaur reveal what they really ate, helping to shed light on the feeding habits of the largest land-living animals of all time.

2 months ago theconversation.com paleontology

A new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur, Spathagnathus roeperi, has been described from a fossilised specimen found in the Late Kimmeridgian of Brunn, Germany.

2 months ago link.springer.com paleontology

First ever skull from ‘Denisovan’ is discovered

2 months ago nature.com anthropology paleontology

Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age [346 million years] for Land-Animal Ancestor

2 months ago jsg.utexas.edu paleontology

Scientists Discover 'Goblin Prince' That Roamed With Dinosaurs

2 months ago sciencealert.com biology paleontology

Palaeontologists have identified a new genus and species of ichthyosaur, Fernatator prenticei, from a partial skeleton found in the Fernie Formation in British Columbia, Canada.

2 months ago researchgate.net canada paleontology

Manitoba Museum and ROM palaeontologists discover 506-million-year-old predator

3 months ago eurekalert.org paleontology

Megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth’s history. Science widely assumed that megalodon’s main calorie intake was in the form of whales

3 months ago aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de earth paleontology

A new eusauropod (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, China

3 months ago nature.com china paleontology

Palaeontologists identify a new species of Elasmosaur, Traskasaura sandrae, from the Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada, which possessed a mix of primitive and derived traits.

3 months ago tandfonline.com canada paleontology

An ancient ‘terror crocodile’ became a dinosaur-eating giant. Scientists say they now know why

4 months ago nature.com paleontology

Sebecids, a crocodile-like beast, reached the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago — outlasting mainland kin

4 months ago sciencenews.org paleontology

Fossil of a new mammal species from the Late Cretaceous (100–66 million-year-old) discovered in Mongolia's Gobi desert

4 months ago app.pan.pl paleontology

Trapped in time: 16-million-year-old amber reveals dirt ants once ruled Caribbean

4 months ago royalsocietypublishing.org paleontology

Ancient DNA from the green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage