Tag: Fossils
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Why did the megalodon, which controlled the waters millions of years ago, vanish?
Imagine traveling back in time and observing the oceans of 5 million years ago.
As you stand on an ancient shoreline, you see several small...
Why a 110-million-year-old raptor skeleton should never have sold for more than US$12 million at auction
In mid-May, Christie’s auction house in New York sold a raptor skeleton (Deinonychus) for US$12.4 million. This represents a failure to protect and share...
Finding a rare fossilized comb jelly reveals new gaps in the fossil record
They look like jellyfish but they aren’t. They seem inoffensive but are efficient predators — occasionally, they even eat fish. They are gelatinous and...
Meet the diverse group of plant-eating dinosaurs that roamed Victoria 110 million years ago
During the Early Cretaceous period, 110 million to 107 million years ago, Australia was much further south than it is today. Yet fossils from...
