Fossils indicate that the spade-nosed fish with a bottom-mounted vacuum hose instead of jaws has existed for more than 136 million years, according to scientists. One of nine sturgeon species and ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving. Just a few years after uncovering a trove of ...

The smallest of the six eggs measures only 29mm long (about 1.14 inches), making it barely half the previous record holder’s length, which is known as the Jingguo Micro Ellipsoid Egg.

Fossil eggs support the hypothesis that dinosaurs were not very diverse before their extinction and had declined overall during the last part of the Cretaceous. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

A study by Dr. Martin Ebert and Dr. Martina Kölbl-Ebert examined the remains of some 4,200 Tharsis fossil specimens. They ...

Cooper is enthusiastic about studying fossil fish. “Fish fossils,” he wrote, “are among the most common and often best preserved of all vertebrates in the fossil record, particularly due to ...

Fossil Eggs; Temporarily Closed. During the final phase of the Hellems Building reconstruction project, the CU Museum will be closed for reorganization. We will reopen on the first day of Spring ...

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized fish species dating back up to 16 million years with its last meal intact. Named Ferruaspis brocksi, the fish was preserved in goethite, allowing ...

Insect eggs are extremely rare in the fossil record, and intact egg cases are even rarer. This is likely the only fossilized grasshopper egg pod on record, and it offers a view of their ...

29 million-year-old grasshopper nest full of eggs could be a one-of-a-kind fossil, study says. By CNN. January 16, 2024. Share.