That sentiment stems from a new paper published in Current Biology which posits that dinosaur fossils older than we’ve ever ...

field guide to common fossils in Britain, covering nearly 90 fossil groups interactive map of Britain and geological map overlay illustrations and data for more than 1,200 fossils in the Museum ...

Old Fish Fossil Suggests That Humans Don't Share a Common Ancestor With Sharks, Claim Researchers In 2015, researchers ...

Index fossils are used to work out the age of sedimentary rocks. They’re chosen on the basis of being very common fossils that are found only in rocks laid down in a narrow period of time. When we ...

Shark teeth are the most common fossil locally, Hoppe said, because these ancient sharks, like their modern equivalents, drop up to 10,000 teeth throughout their lifetimes. “I often get asked ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The theory suggests that fossils of Protoceratops – a species of early horned dinosaur – were discovered by ancient nomads ...

“CT scanning fossils is common, and really should be standard for mosasaurs coming from Morocco,” says Sharpe. Rather than a new species, Sharpe’s team suspects the fossil represents a ...