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Published It turns out, this fossil 'plant' is really a fossil baby turtle
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers re-examined a plant fossil found decades ago in Colombia and realized that it wasn't a p ...
Published Mystery solved: The oldest fossil reptile from the alps is an historical forgery
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Palaeontological analysis shows that a renowned fossil thought to show soft tissue preservation is i ...
Published Fossil frogs share their skincare secrets
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Palaeontologists have solved a hundred-year-old mystery of how some fossil frogs preserve their fles ...
Published Florida fossil porcupine solves a prickly dilemma 10-million years in the making
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An exceptionally rare fossilized porcupine skeleton discovered in Florida has allowed researchers to ...
Published Paleontology: New fossil fish genus discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Paleontologists have identified a new genus of fossil goby, revealing evolutionary secrets of a line ...
Published Fossil feces infested with parasites from over 200 million years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Fossilized feces preserve evidence of ancient parasites that infected an aquatic predator over 200 m ...
Published Welsh 'weird wonder' fossils add piece to puzzle of arthropod evolution - Welsh 'Weird Wonder' Fossils Add Piece to Puzzle of Arthropod Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source International team of researchers describe new fossil species discovered in fossil deposit near Llan ...
Published Unusual fossil shows rare evidence of a mammal attacking a dinosaur
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have described an unusual fossil from around 125 million years ago in China that shows a ...
Published Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil recor ...
Published Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas - Newly Discovered Jurassic Fossils in Texas
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurass ...
Published Researchers uncover 92 fossil nests belonging to some of India's largest dinosaurs - Researchers Uncover 92 Fossil Nests Belonging to Some of India's Largest Dinosaurs
(via sciencedaily.com) The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of titanosau ...
Published Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years - Fossil Discovery in Storeroom Cupboard Shifts Origin of Modern Lizard Back 35 Million Years
(via sciencedaily.com) A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern l...
Published Fossils reveal the long-term relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles - Fossils Reveal the Long-Term Relationship Between Feathered Dinosaurs and Feather-Feeding Beetles
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million y ...
Published 'Ugly' fossil places extinct saber-toothed cat on Texas coast
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source This fossil looks like a lumpy, rounded rock with a couple of exposed teeth that are a little worse ...
Published Earth's earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The oldest fossilized forest known on Earth -- dating from 390 million years ago -- has been found i ...
Published Research uncovers a rare resin fossil find: A spider that aspires to be an ant
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Spiders that disguise themselves as ants live in many locations around the globe but until now most...
Published Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you've ever seen
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don't usually inclu ...
Published Slimming down a colossal fossil whale
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according t ...
Published Prehistoric 'Pompeii' discovered: Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever disco ...
Published Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island o ...