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Australian scientists find 15-million-year-old previously unknown fish species

The fossil preserved the stomach contents, allowing for insights into the behavior of ancient fish.

New species of primitive lizard 'Marmoretta drescherae' identified in Portugal

A new species of primitive reptile, named Marmoretta drescherae, was identified from fossils unearthed in Portugal dating back 150 million years ago.

Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds

Megalodon sharks roamed the seas between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago.

New fossils reveal Paranthropus robustus walked upright like modern humans

Researcher Cazenave emphasizes, "these fossils show that this species, comparable to modern humans, walked upright but was extremely small in size."

Meet 'Pink': The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe's human story

Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago.

Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ecological niche after the dinosaurs.

Meet Chadititan calvoi: The Graceful Titanosaur Newly Unveiled in Patagonia

Paleontologists uncovered fossils of a new species of long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur named Chadititan calvoi in northern Patagonia.

Scotland's most complete dinosaur fossil extracted from Isle of Skye cliff

Bone analysis reveals the Elgol dinosaur is a 166-million-year-old ornithopod.

Scientists discover six new fossil eggshell types in Utah's Mussentuchit Member

Study provides earliest evidence of multiple oviraptorosaurs co-existing in North America.

125-million-year-old, palm-sized scorpion fossil discovered in China

The fossil has been named Jeholia longchengi after its discovery site in the Jehol Biota of Longcheng District in Liaoning Province.

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