Pegomastax africanus is a new species of plant-eating dinosaur with tiny, 1-inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) jaws, which…
Browsing: Paleontology
Paleontology is the scientific study of life in Earth’s past, primarily through the analysis of fossils—remains, traces, or impressions of ancient organisms preserved in rock. By uncovering and interpreting these remnants, paleontologists reconstruct evolutionary histories, ecosystems, and environmental changes that have occurred over millions of years. This field bridges geology and biology, shedding light on everything from the age of dinosaurs to the earliest microbial life. Explore this page for the latest fossil discoveries, analytical techniques, and insights into how ancient life helps us understand both the past and the future of our planet.
Paleontologists have discovered micrometer-scale fossils of plankton from the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a period of…
Two 305-million-year-old insect nymphs were scanned in high resolution in order to construct three-dimensional portraits.…
Fossilized imprints and trackways record the movement and behavior of species long extinct. An amateur…
Arthropods from the Triassic period have been discovered preserved in amber. They are 100 million…
New evidence, presented as fossilized skulls, has been discovered that seems to imply that three…
A particularly well-preserved bushy-tailed fossilized theropod could imply that most of the dinosaurs actually had…
These extraordinary 47-million-year-old fossils depict prehistoric turtles reproducing. The study was led by Walter Joyce,…
A new paper by 22 international scientists describes the need for better predictive models based…
By analyzing fossil evidence from skeletons, eggs, and soft tissue of birdlike dinosaurs and primitive…
The remains of the largest crocodilian known to have existed, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, were unearthed in…
Carbonemys roamed the Earth around the same time as the 40-foot (12-meter) Titanoboa, about 60…
Researchers have discovered by studying fossils on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea…
An amateur paleontologist found a mysterious fossilized specimen that may have once lived near the…
High in the Pyrenean mountains of Spain, paleontologists found hen-shaped dinosaur eggs sticking out of…
A newly discovered ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered recently in China. Yutyrannus huali was…
The discovery of the Burtele foot fossil is leading researchers to believe that there was…
New research has allowed paleontologists to gain new insight on a prehistoric piece of jaw…