fossils
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Dramatic Fossil Shows A Squid-Like Creature Crushing A Fish In Its Jaws
A re-analysis of a fossil found in England during the 19th century reveals that it depicts a 200-million-year-old scene in which a squid-like creature is still clutching onto its prey.
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‘The Weirdest Fossil I’ve Ever Been Lucky Enough To Study’: Skull Found In Amber Reveals Tiny Toothed Bird
The tiny skull of a hummingbird-size dinosaur has been found trapped in amber, raising important questions about the evolution of birds and the surprisingly early trend toward miniaturisation.
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Paleontologists Are Sceptical About Baby Dinosaur Cells Supposedly Found In Fossil
With our deepest regrets to the Jurassic Park franchise, DNA does not preserve well, and no genetic data has ever been recovered for dinosaurs. Recent news suggesting that scientists have found dinosaur DNA certainly sounds exciting, but it’s an extraordinary claim that warrants scepticism.
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Jaw Of 330-Million-Year-Old Shark Found In Kentucky Cave
Sharks typically don’t come to mind when you think about landlocked Kentucky, but as fossil evidence from the state’s Mammoth Cave National Park shows, this place was once chock-full of the carnivorous fishes.