Fossils from 800 Million Years Ago

Rare pterosaur fossil reveals crocodilian bite

Rediscovered fossil reveals rare bird skull from 45 million years ago

Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers led by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt report on the bird's fully preserved skull in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica.

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Rare pterosaur fossil reveals crocodilian bite 76m years ago

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a new study.

Newsweek · 1d

Crocodile Attack on Pterosaur Recorded in 76-Million-Year-Old Fossil

Paleontologist Caleb Brown said that the fossil is "exceptionally uncommon"—not least because the pterosaur was a juvenile.

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Rare pterosaur fossil reveals crocodilian bite 76 million years ago

The fossilized neck bone of a flying reptile unearthed in Canada shows tell-tale signs of being bitten by a crocodile-like creature 76 million years ago, according to a study published 23 January in the Journal of Paleontology.

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Meet Punk and Emo, Two Angsty-Looking Fossils From 430 Million Years Ago That Shed Light on Early Mollusk Evolution

The prehistoric creatures look to be sporting a punk hairstyle and emo bangs, and one of them seemingly moved like an ...

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Dinosaur fossil lost since WWII named new species that lived 95 million years ago

World War II brought devastation to Munich in 1944. Allied bombings destroyed the museum, and with it, the irreplaceable dinosaur fossil.

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Meet The Extinct Monkeys That ‘Rafted’ Across The Atlantic Over 30 Million Years Ago

Here’s a video about this: The first fossils of Perupithecus ucayaliensis—dated to approximately 36 million years ago—were uncovered in Peru in 2015. The teeth bore remarkable similarities ...

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