June 17, 2024 — An international team of scientists has identified the oldest fossil of a sea-going reptile from the Southern Hemisphere -- a nothosaur vertebra found on New Zealand's South Island.
However, the fossil record from other periods is considerably less known. Nonetheless, remarkable fossils have been found, such as the world's oldest mosquito, nearly a thousand species of ammonoids ...
Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever ... oldest known gorgonopsian. The prehistoric predator is known from 280-270-million-year-old ...
In a new paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists revealed the discovery of a fossil therapsid ... “But it’s the oldest animal scientists have ever found with long ...
In a new paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists revealed the discovery of a fossil therapsid that’s the oldest of its kind ... "It didn’t have any fur, and it wouldn’t have ...