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Tag: Paleontology

As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth
Earth Sciences

As Long as a Whale, New Extinct Snake Found in India May Be Largest to Have Ever Slithered the Earth

April 19, 2024

A giant snake, now thought to have been almost the largest to ever slither the Earth, has been identified…

Was This Primitive Whale the Largest Animal Ever to Live? Scientists Think So
Earth Sciences

Was This Primitive Whale the Largest Animal Ever to Live? Scientists Think So

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

Peru isn’t typically associated with ocean habitat, containing as it does the Andes and the Amazon. However, a beast…

Earth Sciences

Newly Discovered Giant Carnivore Shows Dinosaurs Like T-Rex Paid for Huge Skulls with Tiny Arms

July 8, 2022

PICTURED: An artists recreation of Meraxes gigas. PC: Universidad Nacional di Rio Negro. Released. What do we know about…

Fossilized Footprints Show Cretaceous Hunting Dinosaurs Were Fast and Surprisingly Agile
Earth Sciences

Fossilized Footprints Show Cretaceous Hunting Dinosaurs Were Fast and Surprisingly Agile

December 9, 2021

PICTURED: One of the La Torre 6A trackway footprints from La Rioja, Spain. PC: Pablo Navarro-Lorbés. Spanish paleontologists studying…

The ‘Father of Lizards’—Key Missing Descendant of All Modern Lizards Found in Argentina
Earth Sciences

The ‘Father of Lizards’—Key Missing Descendant of All Modern Lizards Found in Argentina

September 29, 2021

PICTURED: The most primitive member of lepidosaurs, Taytalura alcoberi. PC: from scientific illustrator Jorge Blanco. The title “Father of…

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs

March 15, 2021July 12, 2023

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…


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