Volumetric reconstruction of a tooth whorl viewed from its lingual side (holotype of Qianodus duplicis). The specimen is just over 2 mm in length. Credit:…
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Life reconstruction of Edmontosaurus. Credit: Natee Puttapipat, CC-BY 4.0 Data from fossils and modern carcasses indicates a simple path to preserving dinosaur skin. Dinosaur “mummies”…
Artistic reconstruction of Mbiresaurus raathi (in the foreground) with the rest of the Zimbabwean animal assemblage in the background. It includes two rhynchosaurs (at front…
The Gogo fish fossil where the 380-million-year-old, 3D preserved heart was discovered by researchers. Pictured at the WA Museum. Credit: Yasmine Phillips, Curtin University Paleontologists…
Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth’s history. The image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous…
3D paleo-reconstruction of a sauropod dinosaur. Credit: Dr. Andreas Jannel A study reveals how dinosaurs carried their massive weight. Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery…
Main view of the Bronze Age Karashamb Necropolis. The study includes 26 individuals from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of this site. Credit:…
Artist’s representation of Thalassotitan atrox. Credit: Andrey Atuchin Paleontologists have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator…
Artistic reconstruction of the reptile adaptive radiation in a terrestrial ecosystem during the warmest period in Earth’s history. Image depicts a massive, big-headed, carnivorous erythrosuchid…
New 3D model shows that megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales. Credit: J. J. Giraldo Megalodon, the largest shark that ever…
New research shows that large dinosaur predators evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces. According to new research, large…
Reconstruction of A. nikolovi sp. nov. from Bulgaria. Artwork by Velizar Simeonovski, Chicago. Credit: © Velizar Simeonovski, Chicago Fossilized teeth originally found in the 1970s…
Jurassic fish called Pachycormus. Credit: Dean Lomax An exceptional prehistoric site containing the remains of animals that lived in a tropical sea has been discovered…
Intermale-competitions of giraffoid, foreground: Discokeryx xiezhi, background: Giraffa camelopardalis. Credit: Wang Yu and Guo Xiaocong Fossils demonstrate that head-bashing combat contributed to the development of the…
Artist’s impression of spinosaurus and plesiosaur in a river. Credit: Dr. Nick Longrich/University of Bath Plesiosaur fossils discovered in an ancient riverbed suggests some species,…
As part of the Museum’s temporary exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, which was on view from 2019-2021, visitors encountered a massive life-sized model of…
An international team that includes a University of Minnesota Twin Cities researcher has discovered a new big, meat-eating dinosaur, dubbed Meraxes gigas (illustrated above), that…
The only almost completely intact Genyornis eggshell ever discovered. It was located by N. Spooner and collected by Gifford H. Miller, South Australia. The presence…
Stanleycaris hirpex. Credit: Sabrina Cappelli © Royal Ontario Museum An ancient radiodont predator with three eyes reveals key information about the evolution of the arthropod…
Artistic reconstruction of the yunnanozoan from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota shows basket-like pharyngeal skeletons. Credit: Dinghua Yang Research reveals yunnanozoans as the oldest known stem…