Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – What if everything we know about T. rex growth is wrong? A complete tyrannosaur skeleton has just ended one of paleontology’s longest-running debates – whether Nanotyrannus is a distinct species, or just a teenage version
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New fossil species, Wadisuchus kassabi, from the Campanian (80 million years ago) pushes back the evolutionary timeline of Dyrosauridae and highlights Egypt’s Western Desert as a cradle of marine croc evolution. Life reconstruction of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – New research has uncovered a species of hook-toothed lizard that lived about 167 million years ago and has a confusing set of features seen in snakes and geckos—two very distant relatives. A reconstruction of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A “teenaged” pachycephalosaur from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert may provide answers to lingering questions around the dinosaur group. The fossil represents a new species of pachycephalosaur and is both the oldest and most complete skeleton of
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Over 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period, the region now known as northern Illinois, excluding Chicago, was characterized by vibrant ecosystems. A Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium). Image credit: University of Missouri This area,
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A remarkable fossil discovery in the Grand Canyon has unveiled exceptionally preserved soft-bodied animals from the Cambrian period, offering an unparalleled view into early life over 500 million years ago. Grand Canyon. Credit: Filio – Pixabay
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – What did long-necked dinosaurs eat – and where did they roam to satisfy their hunger? How did massive dinosaurs live during the Jurassic period? How did they share habitats, and did they migrate seasonally?
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight. An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. 3D color maps of cortical bone distribution in fossil and extant hominin phalanges. Image credit: Syeda
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study by scientists from Durham University and Yunnan University has led to a significant reclassification of a peculiar spiny fossil, initially believed to be one of the earliest molluscs. Specimens of Shishania. A and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A recent study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals that the Tyrannosaurus rex, which evolved in North America, has its direct ancestor originating from Asia. This ancestor crossed a land bridge connecting the continents
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A 113-million-year-old hell ant that once lived in northeastern Brazil is now the oldest specimen known to science. The hell ant, which was preserved in limestone, is a member of Haidomyrmecinae, an extinct subfamily
