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A photo of the the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moab, Utah. A construction project at the site recently damaged some of the tracks and trace fossils.

A construction project caused damage to 100-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah

Apr 04, 2022
A project to replace the boardwalk at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Moah, Utah, cause minor damage to tracks and trace fossils at the site, a Bureau of Land Management paleontologist found.
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Fossilized section of the giant millipede <em>Arthropleura</em>, found in a sandstone boulder in the north of England.

An extinct millipede the length of a car once roamed northern England

Dec 20, 2021
A group of geologists stumbled on the fossil of the giant creature, known as Arthropleura, during a "social trip" to England's Northumberland region in 2018. It's the largest such fossil ever found.
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An artistic reconstruction of <em>Paradoryphoribius chronocaribbeus</em> in moss.

Researchers found a new species of water bear fossilized in a hunk of ancient amber

Oct 07, 2021
Research into the evolution of tardigrades has been severely hindered by a lack of fossils. This new discovery could offer researchers insight into how the creatures lived millions of years ago.
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Brachiosaurus dinosaur, a relative of the newly discovered species, seen in computer artwork.

Scientists Discover Not 1, But 2 New Dinosaur Species In China

Aug 13, 2021
Scientists analyzing fossils from the country's northwest regions say two specimens were from previously unknown species.
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A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton (right) and a modern-human version of a skeleton are displayed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 2003. A new study confirms that early humans who lived in colder places adapted to have larger bo

Colder Climates Meant Bigger Bodies For Ancient Humans

Jul 08, 2021
Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. Our relatives living in colder places developed bigger bodies, a new study finds.
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The two sets of footprints "are among the oldest tracks on Earth of shelled-egg-laying animals, such as reptiles, and the earliest evidence of vertebrate animals walking in sand dunes," paleontologist Stephen Rowland said.

Fallen Boulder Reveals 313 Million-Year-Old Fossil Footprints At Grand Canyon

Aug 21, 2020
The side-by-side tracks of two ancient animals have been called "by far the oldest vertebrate tracks in Grand Canyon."
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A new study of <em>Deinosuchus</em> or "terror crocodiles," led by Adam Cosette, offers a fuller picture of the ancient creature from head to tail. Cossette said <em>Deinosuchus</em> had large, robust teeth, ranging from six to eight inches long, as show

'Teeth The Size Of Bananas'; New Study Paints Picture Of 'Terror Crocodiles'

Aug 12, 2020
A new study reveals there were multiple species of Deinosuchus, the giant crocodylians that lived 75 million years ago. They were among the largest predators in the ecosystem and ate dinosaurs.
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An artist's interpretation of a baby mosasaur hatching from an egg in the Antarctic sea.

Scientists Find The Biggest Soft-Shelled Egg Ever, Nicknamed 'The Thing'

Jun 17, 2020
A new study of dinosaur eggs as well as a football-sized egg from Antarctica shows how some ancient creatures relied on soft shells rather than hard ones.
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Harrison Duran, 23, poses with Alice, the 65-million-year-old partial skull of a triceratops. The dinosaur-obsessed student helped find Alice on an expedition with the Fossil Excavators.

College Student Discovers 65-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Skull

Jul 26, 2019
Harrison Duran, a 23-year-old college student at University of California, Merced, spent his summer internship hunting for dinosaur fossils.
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Ice Age Fossils Returned to Nevada

Feb 01, 2018

Thousands of fossils from Nevada that date back to the ice age made their return to Las Vegas this week after spending the last decade in Southern California.

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Ice Age Fossils Return Home To Nevada

Jan 31, 2018

Thousands of fossils from Nevada that date back to the ice age made their return to Las Vegas this week after spending the last decade in Southern California.

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The full skeleton of Selam, including the spinal column.

3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil Sheds Light On How The Spine Evolved

May 23, 2017
It's hard evidence that the type of spinal segmentation and numbering found in modern humans emerged 3.3 million years ago, the scientists say. The remarkable fossil was discovered in Ethiopia.
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This image shows the curled embryo of a <em>Beibeilong</em> amid eggshells, which are dark gray in color.

'Baby Dragon' Found In China Is The Newest Species Of Dinosaur

May 09, 2017
The Beibeilong was a giant, birdlike dinosaur that lived some 90 million years ago. Scientists say it had massive feathered wings and a birdlike skull and could grow to more than 26 feet long.
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These shapes may have formed as microbes living around underwater vents released organic matter.

Tiny Fossils Could Be Oldest Evidence Of Life On Earth

Mar 01, 2017
Scientists say they've found the remains of tube- and string-like organisms in Canadian rocks that are at least 3.7 billion years old. But findings like these are always controversial.
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An artist's impression of <em>Saccorhytus coronarius, </em>a sea creature that lived 540 million years ago.

Scientists Describe Ancient Bag-Like Sea Creatures From China

Jan 30, 2017
They were ugly. And, unfortunately, they were not equipped with an anus. But the sand dwellers could be an important part of filling in our own early evolutionary tree.
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305 Million-Year-Old Fossil A Glimpse Into The Origins Of Spiders

Mar 30, 2016
The main point of distinction between this creature and true spiders: It very likely could produce silk but lacked the spinnerets used by true spiders to, well, spin it, scientists say.
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Fossils Found In Clark County In 2002 Back From California

Jul 20, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fossils that were unearthed in Nevada more than a decade ago but have been on display in California are back home.

KSNV-TV in Las Vegas reports the fossil collection's return was celebrated Saturday at the Nevada State Museum.

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Tule Springs Fossil Bed Monument cleanup
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Springs cleaned: Tule gets de-gunked

Apr 14, 2015

By the numbers: a breakdown of the volunteer-driven Tule Springs spruce-up

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This 2013 photo shows the LD 350-1 mandible just steps from where it was found in Ethiopia. The jawbone fragment is the oldest known fossil from an evolutionary tree branch that eventually led to modern humans, scientists say.

Jawbone Fossil Fills Big Gap In Human Evolution, Scientists Say

Mar 04, 2015
Writing in Science, scientists say the 2.8 million-year-old fossil appears to belong to an individual from the beginning of the ancestral line that led to humans.
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Trove Of Fossil Bones Of Clawed, Feathered Dinos Uncovered In Utah

Jan 26, 2015
A nine-ton block of sandstone chipped from a Utah mountain holds the biggest fossil trove ever found of the giant predatory dinosaur known as Utahraptor...
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The Tule Springs Fossil Bed

Jun 07, 2012
The Tule Springs Coalition has been pushing for National Monument status for a collection of Ice Age fossils at a 30,000-acre site along the Upper Las Vegas Wash. The fossile beds were laid down beginning 250,000 years ago.
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