Vivaron haydeni – 212 million year-old reptile
An extinct reptile related to crocodiles that lived 212 million years ago in present day New Mexico has been named as a new species, Vivaron haydeni.
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paleontology
Mammals were on the brink of extinction
Extinction of more than 90 per cent of mammal species as they were wiped out by the same asteroid that killed the dinosaurs in the Cretaceous period.
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Mammals takeover began before the death of dinosaurs
Mighty dinosaurs dominated and when they went extinct 66 million years ago, it allowed mammals to shine? Just one problem. it’s not true.
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Riversleigh snail-eating marsupials discovered
Previously unknown family of carnivorous marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh in north-western Queensland.
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‘Killer walrus’ theory debunked
Researchers have cast further doubt on previous claims that an ancient “killer walrus” was a marine mammal eater.
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Where did the Siberian unicorn disappear?
Siberian unicorn found his last refuge “only” 29,000 years ago in Kazakhstan.
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Solving the mystery of the Tully Monster
The Tully Monster, a sea creature with teeth at the end of a narrow, trunk and eyes that perch on either side of a long, rigid bar.
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How T. rex became king of dinosaurs
The remains of a new species of horse-sized dinosaur reveal how T. rex became one of Earth’s top predators.
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Ancestor found of largest bird that ever lived
Flinders University media and Deborah Smith A newly discovered distant relative of the duck has been identified as an ancestor
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Australia’s Predator King
The marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) lived in Australia some 1.6 million to 46 thousand years ago. At around a metre
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Neanderthals and modern H. sapiens crossbred over 100,000 years ago
A multidisciplinary team which included participants from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has discovered that Homo neanderthalensis and Homo
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New CU study confirms giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago
It’s official: There really was a giant, flightless bird with a head the size of a horse’s wandering about in
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