Fossil Friday: largest ichthyosaur tooth found in the heights of the Swiss Alps
It's safe to say that mountaintops are not the usual place where you'd find marine fossils.
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Fossil Friday: one of the oldest softshell turtle fossils shows these animals likely emerged in Asia
The fossil was discovered in 1975 in North Dakota alongside a Triceratops.
Fossil Friday: ancient cephalopod is the first of its kind to sport 10 arms
This specimen pushes the history of squids, cuttlefish, and octopi back by over 80 million years.
Fossil Friday: largest triceratops skeleton ever found sold at auction in Paris
The auction, although a commercial success, raises questions about whether fossils should be up for sale.
Fossil Friday: Early-sprouting pine cone preserved in amber
Early birds get fossilized!
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.
Fossil Friday: two new spinosaurids have been discovered in the UK
These are only the second and third species of spinosaurids discovered in the UK.
The first artists? Researchers find children handprints from 200,000 years ago
Maybe one was a young Picasso
Ancient turtle embryo preserved inside thick, tough egg
Turtle eggs are usually small and fragile -- but this one was big and tough.
We might have discovered the oldest animal fossils yet in the Canadian Northwest
Now we need to confirm that these were indeed sea sponges.
Fossil Friday: UK couple accidentally discovers a mother lode of fossils
Not a mean feat at all.
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.
California man finds the ‘most significant’ fossil site in the state — by accident
Gives Florida man a run for his money.
Florida men find mammoth bone while scuba diving
The odds of a fossil being near you is never quite zero.
Adult T-Rexs likely couldn’t keep up with their offspring, judging from their paw prints
Parents everywhere can probably relate.
Researchers uncover the oldest known species with opposable thumbs — a dinosaur in China
They nicknamed it 'Monkeydactyl', just in case you thought researchers act like adults.
Fossil Friday: microbes discovered deep underground remain virtually unchanged since 175 million years ago
Sometimes, not adapting is the best adaptation.
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.
Dino unearthed in Argentina is likely the oldest titanosaur we’ve ever seen
Big, bold, and old.