Fossil Friday: giant ammonites were involved in a size battle with their predators
"If it doesn't work, build bigger" is a tried and true maxim.
Tag: Fossil Friday
Fossil Friday: the story of how tusks evolved from teeth
The presence of an enamel layer is one of the key distinguishing features between the two.
Fossil(ish) Friday: Minnesotans want the Giant Beaver to be their new state fossil
The people have spoken!
Fossil Friday: ancient whale that walked on all fours found deep in the Egyptian desert
Not the first place you'd expect to find a whale, isn't it?
Fossil Friday: the oldest kind-of-bat species seen so far, described from set of teeth found in China
The history of bats is surprisingly mysterious. These teeth keep that tradition.
Researchers discover a new species of ancient beetle inside fossilized poop
Well, that's one way to last forever, I guess.
Fossil Friday: 1,000-year-old egg found whole in a cesspit in Israel
Just goes to show: even when you're in deep, there's always hope of enduring.
Fossil Friday: ancient poop offers insight into what the ancient, giant Moa birds ate
Hey, we get data wherever we can.
Fossil Friday: a 6-year-old UK boy finds ancient fossil in his backyard with a toy archeology kit
Good things come to those who dig.
Fossil Friday: private collector wanted a dinosaur skull, but got a huge, fossilized bony fish lung
Haven't we all fallen for this at one point in our lives?
Fossil Friday: surprise teen Plesiosaurus found in ammonite mine in Alberta, Canada
You never know when a Plesiosaurus is close. One could be behind you right now.
Fossil Friday: we might have found the earliest known cephalopod, extending the family’s history by 30 million years
This would make cephalopods one of the earliest multicellular organisms on the planet.
Fossil Friday: ancient predatory worm leaves behind no trace, except its burrows
Who says you need to do great things to be remembered?
Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs
To be honest it probably ran away from them, not with them.
Fossil Friday: this ancient bottom feeder could have ‘invented’ modern sight
If you like seeing defined shapes, you should thank this little fellow.
Fossil friday: ancient feathers help explain how cassowaries got shiny
Not all birds are of a feather, it turns out.
Fossil Friday: oldest-known scorpion was a pioneer of life on dry land
A set of fossils collected 35 years ago belonged to the oldest-known scorpion species to date, a new study reports. ...
Fossil Friday: the first dino brain (we’ve ever found)
We didn't even think it was possible to find one up to now.