Researcher reconstructs skull of two million year-old giant dormouse
A PhD student has produced the first digital reconstruction of the skull of a gigantic dormouse, which roamed the island of Sicily around two million years ago.
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PALEONTOLOGY
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling.
Read moreNew Zealand’s ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers
New Zealand’s monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada, a study
Read moreAsteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to
Read moreNew Zealand’s ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers
New Zealand’s monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada, a study
Read moreAsteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to
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Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem
When most of us think of dinosaurs, we envision large, lumbering beasts, but these giants shared their ecosystems with much smaller dinosaurs, the smaller skeletons of which were generally less likely to be preserved.
Read moreNo leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos
Three species thrived until inland lakes dried
Read moreAnalysis of volcanic tuff gives new data about Permian-Triassic extinction event
A paper by Kazan Federal University and Russian Academy of Sciences appeared in Geology
Read moreMicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa
The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most species-rich and well-preserved fossiliferous deposits for
Read morePalaeontology: Big-boned marsupial unearths evolution of wombat burrowing behavior
The discovery of a new species of ancient marsupial, named Mukupirna nambensis, is reported this week in Scientific Reports .
Read moreMicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa
The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most species-rich and well-preserved fossiliferous deposits for
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