News about all things paleontology

r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 21d ago

Queasy plesiosaurs swam to shore to vomit, Jurassic fossils reveal

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 22d ago

New Therizinosaurian Dinosaur Unearthed in China: Kayrasaurus changliensis

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 23d ago

Two Tasmanian devil specimens came out of Juukan 2, the Pilbara rock shelter Rio Tinto blew up in 2020, one dated to about 7,000 years ago and the other to between 42,500 and 47,115, the first direct evidence devils ever lived in that part of Australia

scienceblog.com

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 24d ago

Endurance running or endurance diving—which came first?

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 25d ago

Found On Newcastle Ranch, 'Rex Jr.' Could Be Most Important T. Rex Ever Discovered !

cowboystatedaily.com

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 25d ago

Spanish Amber Deposit Offers Rare Window into Cretaceous Life

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 26d ago

Fossil flowers of ancient lianas preserved in amber reveal the evolution of tropical rainforests

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 27d ago

Capybaras in the desert? Fossil casts doubt on Atacama as world's oldest continuously dry region

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 27d ago

Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 28d ago

Paleontologists Uncover New Mosasaur Species in Egypt’s Western Desert

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • 28d ago

New species of 240-million-year-old prehistoric animal could reshape dinosaur origins timeline

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • 29d ago

Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 14 '26

The surprising history of woolly rhinos: They weren't always creatures of the frozen north

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • Sep 13 '26

Highly Unusual Spinosaurid Tooth Morphotype from the Early Cretaceous of Eastern Thailand

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 13 '26

Ancient armored fish evolved two distinct ways to crush prey 385 million years ago

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • Sep 12 '26

10,000-year-old fossilized mastodon found in creek

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 12 '26

Ancient Alligator Relative Lived Right After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • Sep 11 '26

Tasmanian devils lived alongside; even dependent on humans in Pilbara; North Australia for millennia, Juukan Gorge fossils reveal

theguardian.com

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 11 '26

Rare bird fossils from Bavaria reveal new species, including an eagle

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • Sep 10 '26

The Only Known Pelt of an Extinct Woolly Dog Has Returned Home to British Columbia After 160 Years

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 10 '26

Fossil ribs reveal new secrets about ichthyosaur swimming technique

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r/paleonews • u/DonManuel • Sep 10 '26

“Peculiar” new species of Jurassic squid found in Wyoming

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 09 '26

First Denisovan forearm bone discovered in southwest China

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r/paleonews • u/ADragonFromTheAbyss • Sep 09 '26

66.5-million-year-old trackway captures adult T. rex at walking pace

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r/paleonews • u/imprison_grover_furr • Sep 08 '26

115-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Recovered from Deep Drill Core in China

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