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University of Oxford
Video Scientists uncover most important dinosaur discovery this century 2:06
An illustration depicting the therapsid
Henry Sutherland Sharpe
Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain is the oldest of its kind
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• Video 3:41
Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki
Video Fossilized poop shows how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth 3:41
Coprolites from the Early Jurassic of Soltykow, Poland: Coprolites of herbivorous dinosaurs with numerous plant remains.
Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki
Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth
The frozen mummy of <em>Homotherium latidens</em> (Owen, 1846), specimen DMF AS RS, no. Met-20-1, Russia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Indigirka River basin, Badyarikha River; Upper Pleistocene: (A) external appearance; (B) skeleton, CT-scan, dorsal view.
courtesy Prof. Alexey V. Lopatin
Baby saber-toothed cat mummy found in Siberia with intact skin, fur and toes is ‘mind-blowing,’ scientists say
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Degrange et al.
Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known
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courtesy Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran
Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species
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Courtesy Professor Chenyang Cai
Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs
An expert from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences cleans and prepares a rock containing dinosaur bone fossil, and clears the rock covering the fossil discovered in Hong Kong's Port Island.
Hong Kong's Antiquities and Monu/AP
Dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong for the first time
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Lheritier et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadp6362 (2024)
World’s largest arthropod lived 300 million years ago. Now, fossils show what it really looked like
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Terryl Whitlatch
Fossils reveal that some pterosaurs soared like vultures, while others flapped their wings
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Jaime Bran Sarmiento
Prehistoric sea cow was eaten by a croc and a shark, newly discovered fossil reveals
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Southern Methodist University
Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
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Courtesy Eddie Templeton
He stumbled onto a large tusk in a Mississippi creek. It turned out to be a first-of-its-kind discovery
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Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum
Ancient swimming ‘taco’ had ‘bug jaws,’ new fossils show
'Virtually complete' stegosaurus fossil goes on sale, but scientists aren't happy
Sotheby’s
Stegosaurus skeleton sets auction record, selling for $44.6 million