Fossil find may be dolphin-like reptile

8 years, 3 months ago

Fossil find may be dolphin-like reptile

A fossil found in limestone along a remote South Texas riverbed could be that of a dolphin-like reptile that swam in oceans 90 million years ago, according to paleontologists. The discovery was made two years ago by petroleum geologist James Harcourt, who works for the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry. The fossil was found on private land near the border town of Del Rio as Harcourt and some colleagues were studying the Eagle Ford formation, which is one of the state's most productive shale oil basins. "Very rarely do we get really complete skeletons out of the Eagle Ford," said Josh Lively, a doctoral candidate specializing in marine reptile fossils at the University of Texas.

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Eleven-year-old girl’s fossil find leads to discovery of largest known sea reptile

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Eleven-year-old girl’s fossil find leads to discovery of largest known sea reptile

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Gigantic marine reptile identified from fossil found by 11-year-old girl and father

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Gigantic marine reptile identified from fossil found by 11-year-old girl and father

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DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle

1 year, 6 months ago

DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle

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Fossilized skeletons of aerial and aquatic predators to be auctioned by Sotheby’s

1 year, 9 months ago

Fossilized skeletons of aerial and aquatic predators to be auctioned by Sotheby’s

The Independent

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100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research

2 years, 4 months ago

100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research

Discovery

Fossilised Remains of 36-Million-year-old Whale Unearthed in Peruvian Desert

3 years ago

Fossilised Remains of 36-Million-year-old Whale Unearthed in Peruvian Desert

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'Superbly preserved' pterosaur fossil unearthed in Scotland

3 years, 1 month ago

'Superbly preserved' pterosaur fossil unearthed in Scotland

The Independent

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Giant marine reptile skull discovery reveals new evolutionary theories

3 years, 3 months ago

Giant marine reptile skull discovery reveals new evolutionary theories

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'Kyhytysuka': Newly-discovered Marine Reptile with Unique Name Looks Like a Swordfish

3 years, 4 months ago

'Kyhytysuka': Newly-discovered Marine Reptile with Unique Name Looks Like a Swordfish

Earth

Fossilised remains of great white shark-sized fish discovered after being mistaken for flying reptile

4 years, 1 month ago

Fossilised remains of great white shark-sized fish discovered after being mistaken for flying reptile

The Independent

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Amateur fossil hunter unearths new type of prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ on Dorset beach

4 years, 4 months ago

Amateur fossil hunter unearths new type of prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ on Dorset beach

The Independent

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‘Triassic Period drama’: Fossil of giant lizard-like reptile found inside stomach of dolphin-like reptile that lived about 240 million years ago

4 years, 7 months ago

‘Triassic Period drama’: Fossil of giant lizard-like reptile found inside stomach of dolphin-like reptile that lived about 240 million years ago

Hindustan Times

China

Ichthyosaur: Prehistoric marine predator died soon after devouring a large reptile, fossils reveal

4 years, 7 months ago

Ichthyosaur: Prehistoric marine predator died soon after devouring a large reptile, fossils reveal

Marine

Fossils show massive T-Rex, small ancient carpet shark as neighbors eons ago

6 years, 2 months ago

Fossils show massive T-Rex, small ancient carpet shark as neighbors eons ago

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Scientists identify skeletal remains as new species of Jurassic marine reptile

8 years, 6 months ago

Scientists identify skeletal remains as new species of Jurassic marine reptile

University

Dolphins swam oceans six MILLION years earlier than originally thought, ancient skull reveals

10 years, 11 months ago

Dolphins swam oceans six MILLION years earlier than originally thought, ancient skull reveals

Japan

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Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia, with last meal still intact

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia, with last meal still intact

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Summary Paleontologists discovered a fossilized fish species dating back up to 16 million years with its last meal intact. CNN — Paleontologists …

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Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe

1 month ago

Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe

WASHINGTON — A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. “It’s the first time we have significant remains older …

Associated Press

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Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting

1 month ago

Ambitious effort to document marine life reveals 866 new species and counting

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A guitar-shaped shark, a fan-like coral and a venomous deep-sea snail equipped with harpoon-like teeth are among 866 previously unknown …

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Fossils attest to sea creatures' evolutionary boom during Cambrian period

1 month, 1 week ago

Fossils attest to sea creatures' evolutionary boom during Cambrian period

Visitors at the Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, held at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing. WANG QIAN/CHINA …

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Giant ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur species discovered in Australia

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Giant ‘megaraptor’ dinosaur species discovered in Australia

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30 million-year-old skull reveals previously unknown species of apex carnivore

1 month, 3 weeks ago

30 million-year-old skull reveals previously unknown species of apex carnivore

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “This skull is important to us, not only because it’s complete and three dimensional, and actually it’s a beautiful one, but also …

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Jurassic fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about bird evolution

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Jurassic fossil rewrites what we thought we knew about bird evolution

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China's Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origins

2 months ago

China's Jurassic fossil discovery sheds light on bird origins

A joint survey team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and the Fujian Institute of Geological Survey discovered fossils of Baminornis zhenghensis in Zhenghe county, Fujian province. Groundbreaking …

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Scientists identify duck-billed dinosaur

2 months ago

Scientists identify duck-billed dinosaur

Restoration drawing of a Lambeosaurini dinosaur based on its fossils discovered in Sihui, Guangdong province. HAN ZHIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in …

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Scientists identify duck-billed dinosaur

2 months ago

Scientists identify duck-billed dinosaur

Restoration drawing of a Lambeosaurini dinosaur based on its fossils discovered in Sihui, Guangdong province. HAN ZHIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in …

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Mysterious 1.4 million-year-old jaw belongs to a 'never-before seen' human relative - and it could rewrite the entire history of our evolution

2 months, 1 week ago

Mysterious 1.4 million-year-old jaw belongs to a 'never-before seen' human relative - and it could rewrite the entire history of our evolution

It's time to rewrite the history textbooks, as a distant new member of our ancestral family tree has been discovered. Although not a direct ancestor, we share distant relatives with …

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Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago

2 months, 1 week ago

Antarctic skull sheds light on ancient birds 69 million years ago

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Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird

2 months, 1 week ago

Skull fossil discovery reveals oldest known modern bird

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature …

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Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

2 months, 1 week ago

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

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Fossil of whale ancestor missing, Meghalaya police step up probe

2 months, 1 week ago

Fossil of whale ancestor missing, Meghalaya police step up probe

GUWAHATI: Evidence suggesting that Northeast India was once part of a vast ocean has gone missing. A partially fossilized jaw and teeth, believed to belong to a whale ancestor from …

New Indian Express

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Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins spotted ‘having a big party’ off California coast

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Fossil reveals Cretaceous drama of croc attacking flying reptile

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Fossil reveals Cretaceous drama of croc attacking flying reptile

About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in the earth’s history, called Cryodrakon boreas, walked along a riverbank on a lush coastal plain …

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Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rare fossil of flying dinosaur reveals 76-million-year-old crocodile-like bite

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Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Giant horned dinosaur discovered in Egypt after fossils were destroyed in World War 2

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Small but mighty: Tiny one-foot-tall dinosaur unlocks an ancient mystery

3 months ago

Small but mighty: Tiny one-foot-tall dinosaur unlocks an ancient mystery

Paleontologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges long-held beliefs about the emergence and spread of dinosaurs. The newly identified species, named Ahvaytum bahndooiveche, is …

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Ancient 'Dinosaur Highway' unearthed: 166-million-year-old tracks reveal middle jurassic secrets

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Ancient 'Dinosaur Highway' unearthed: 166-million-year-old tracks reveal middle jurassic secrets

A worker at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire uncovered nearly 200 dinosaur tracks, dating back 166 million years, providing unique insights into the Middle Jurassic period. The extraordinary find made …

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Prehistoric fossil in NT museum found to be new species of large carnivorous turtle

3 months, 1 week ago

Prehistoric fossil in NT museum found to be new species of large carnivorous turtle

Scientists have discovered a new species of prehistoric turtle from what was once a lush forest in Central Australia, after re-examining an unidentified fossil on display in the Northern Territory's …

ABC

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Dinosaur highway discovered in UK quarry with hundreds of giant footprints

Top News 3 months, 1 week ago

Dinosaur highway discovered in UK quarry with hundreds of giant footprints

Researchers have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back to the middle Jurassic era in a quarry in Oxfordshire, southern England, showing that reptiles such as the nine-metre predator Megalosaurus …

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Jurassic Park in real life? Hundreds of dinosaur footprints unearthed in UK’s Oxfordshire

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Jurassic Park in real life? Hundreds of dinosaur footprints unearthed in UK’s Oxfordshire

Researchers have uncovered hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back to the middle Jurassic era in a quarry in Oxfordshire, southern England, showing that reptiles such as the nine-metre predator Megalosaurus …

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Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ discovered as hundreds of footprints found in quarry

Top News 3 months, 1 week ago

Britain’s ‘dinosaur highway’ discovered as hundreds of footprints found in quarry

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Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain is the oldest of its kind

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain is the oldest of its kind

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Lizards are a kind of reptile, and nonmammalian therapsids like gorgonopsians are part of a completely different evolutionary lineage, part of the …

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Fossils of saber-toothed predator that gave rise to all mammals discovered

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fossils of saber-toothed predator that gave rise to all mammals discovered

Scientists have discovered 280 million-year-old fossil remains of a predator that gave rise to all mammals. The newly discovered fossils — which include fragments of skull, vertebrae, and ribs to …

Animal Earth Million Remains

Amateur dinosaur hunter finds evidence that T.Rex's COUSIN roamed East Sussex 135 million years ago

4 months, 1 week ago

Amateur dinosaur hunter finds evidence that T.Rex's COUSIN roamed East Sussex 135 million years ago

Steven Spielberg might have set Jurassic Park off the coast of Costa Rica, but a new discovery shows that England's south coast would have been just as likely a location. …

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Fossil dung reveals clues to the rise of dinosaurs

4 months, 1 week ago

Fossil dung reveals clues to the rise of dinosaurs

An international collaboration has been able to identify undigested food remains, plants and prey in the fossilised faeces of dinosaurs, which helped reconstruct the rise of the dinosaurs to become …

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Huge study of fossilised dinosaur poo reveals how beasts came to rule the earth

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Huge study of fossilised dinosaur poo reveals how beasts came to rule the earth

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147-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient Earth's flying reptile

4 months, 3 weeks ago

147-million-year-old fossil reveals ancient Earth's flying reptile

A remarkable fossil discovery in Bavaria, Germany has unveiled a new species of pterosaur that lived approximately 147 million years ago. Named Skiphosoura bavarica, meaning "sword tail from Bavaria," this …

Earth Pterosaur Reveals Ancient Skiphosoura Bavarica

‘Doomsday fish:’ A rare oarfish returns to California shores for the second time this year

4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Doomsday fish:’ A rare oarfish returns to California shores for the second time this year

CNN — The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. “We took samples and …

CNN

Japan Ocean California According

After more than 20 years of study, scientists are ready to say what they found off Monterey’s coast

4 months, 4 weeks ago

After more than 20 years of study, scientists are ready to say what they found off Monterey’s coast

Over two decades ago, researchers spotted a mysterious sea slug swimming more than 8,000 feet deep in the Monterey Bay. In February 2000, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research …

LA Times

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Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution

5 months ago

Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution

Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution toggle caption Stephanie Abramowicz / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of …

NPR

Birds Brain Bird Field

Scientists have found the fossil of the earliest known tadpole : Short Wave : NPR

5 months, 1 week ago

Scientists have found the fossil of the earliest known tadpole : Short Wave : NPR

The oldest tadpole ever found is 161 million years old and amazingly preserved Enlarge this image toggle caption Gabriel Lío Gabriel Lío Frogs, like butterflies and salamanders, have what is …

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This ancient giant tadpole will change what we know about frogs

5 months, 1 week ago

This ancient giant tadpole will change what we know about frogs

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Bizarre species found preserved in fool’s gold reveals the secrets of scorpions

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bizarre species found preserved in fool’s gold reveals the secrets of scorpions

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Prehistoric flying reptiles lived on diet of squid and fish, scientists reveal

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Prehistoric flying reptiles lived on diet of squid and fish, scientists reveal

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Fossil tracks unearthed in South Korea reveals new ways dinosaurs used wings

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Fossil tracks unearthed in South Korea reveals new ways dinosaurs used wings

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Unbelievable trove of fossils dating back 9million years are found underneath a high school - and they're rewriting US history

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Unbelievable trove of fossils dating back 9million years are found underneath a high school - and they're rewriting US history

Hundreds of fossils have been discovered under a California high school - in a find that is rewriting the state's history. San Pedro High School in Los Angeles County was …

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Fossils show that massive pterosaurs could fly millions of years ago

7 months ago

Fossils show that massive pterosaurs could fly millions of years ago

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Inabtanin would have been flapping its wings similar to modern birds, but Arambourgiania would more likely have been soaring with some wing …

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Scientists discover new species of titanosaur that dates back to 75 million years ago

7 months, 1 week ago

Scientists discover new species of titanosaur that dates back to 75 million years ago

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Unlucky ancient sea cow attacked by crocodile and then shark reveal secrets of prehistoric food chain

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Unlucky ancient sea cow attacked by crocodile and then shark reveal secrets of prehistoric food chain

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Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway …

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Massive extinction: The demise of Darwin’s ancient giant sloth has lessons for the present

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Massive extinction: The demise of Darwin’s ancient giant sloth has lessons for the present

Talk about outlandish — I’m here at the edge of the world to learn more about the demise of ancient giant sloths, as well as environmental and wildlife conservation lessons …

Salon

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Remains of massive creature that lived alongside the world's first humans discovered in Iowa

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Remains of massive creature that lived alongside the world's first humans discovered in Iowa

The remains of a giant creature that roamed Earth alongside the first humans have been unearthed in Iowa. Archaeologists found several bones and massive skull of a 13,600-year-old mastodon buried …

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Scientists stumped as rare deep sea ‘doomsday serpent’ found in California

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists stumped as rare deep sea ‘doomsday serpent’ found in California

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In Mississippi, discovery of elephant fossil from the ice age provides window into the past

7 months, 4 weeks ago

In Mississippi, discovery of elephant fossil from the ice age provides window into the past

— Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. The fossil was intact, making it an “extremely rare …

Associated Press

Mississippi Fossil

A 12-foot-long harbinger of doom washed ashore in San Diego

7 months, 4 weeks ago

A 12-foot-long harbinger of doom washed ashore in San Diego

A rare deep-sea oarfish was discovered floating in the waters off San Diego. The giant oarfish, the largest bony fish in the world, was spotted floating — dead — just …

LA Times

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A 520 million-year-old perfectly preserved creature is set to reveal secrets of evolution

8 months, 1 week ago

A 520 million-year-old perfectly preserved creature is set to reveal secrets of evolution

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