Tag: Fossil Friday

It might not look like much today, but in its time, this animal was the height of dangerous!

It's an incredible find.

This was not an animal you'd have liked to meet!

Precious little material has been found of this dino, but what we have points to a huge beast.

The discovery could help us understand why giraffes evolved such long necks.

It's safe to say that mountaintops are not the usual place where you'd find marine fossils.

The fossil was preserved in stunningly good condition.

The specimen gives us insight into a critical time in the Earth's history.

The fossil was discovered in 1975 in North Dakota alongside a Triceratops.

This specimen pushes the history of squids, cuttlefish, and octopi back by over 80 million years.

This dino was not armed, but still very dangerous!

"If it doesn't work, build bigger" is a tried and true maxim.

The presence of an enamel layer is one of the key distinguishing features between the two.

The people have spoken!

Not the first place you'd expect to find a whale, isn't it?

The history of bats is surprisingly mysterious. These teeth keep that tradition.

Well, that's one way to last forever, I guess.

Just goes to show: even when you're in deep, there's always hope of enduring.

Hey, we get data wherever we can.

Good things come to those who dig.