#fossildiscovery — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fossildiscovery, aggregated by home.social.
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New Fossil Species of Axolotl Reveals Ancient Presence in Mexico
📰 Original title: Scientists Have Identified a New Fossil Species of Axolotl in Mexico
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Ancient Oceans Teemed With Whale-Sized Octopuses
Fossils show huge octopus-like creatures, up to 62 feet long, lived 72 million years ago. They were bigger than modern octopuses and hunted large sea animals.
#AncientOctopus, #FossilDiscovery, #CretaceousPeriod, #MarineLife, #PrehistoricAnimals
https://newsletter.tf/giant-62-foot-octopuses-ancient-seas-72-million-years-ago/
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Ancient octopuses found were as big as sperm whales, much larger than today's octopuses. This discovery shows how big sea life used to be.
#AncientOctopus, #FossilDiscovery, #CretaceousPeriod, #MarineLife, #PrehistoricAnimals
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FIRST EMPEROR BUTTERFLY FOSSIL UNEARTHED
An ancient emperor butterfly fossil found in southern France provides new evidence for butterfly evolution, dating back to the early Oligocene period.
#FossilDiscovery, #ButterflyEvolution, #Paleontology, #France, #AncientInsects
https://newsletter.tf/first-emperor-butterfly-fossil-france-evolution/
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This is the first clear fossil of an 'emperor' butterfly ever found, offering a rare look at ancient insect history from southern France.
#FossilDiscovery, #ButterflyEvolution, #Paleontology, #France, #AncientInsects
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Cave Lions, Not Tigers, Inhabited Japanese Archipelago in Late Pleistocene
New science shows big cats in ancient Japan were cave lions, not tigers. This changes what we know about animals long ago.
#CaveLions, #AncientJapan, #FossilDiscovery, #Paleontology, #BigCats
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Scientists have found that big cats living in Japan a long time ago were cave lions. Fossils thought to be tigers were actually lions. This helps us understand ancient animal life better.
#CaveLions, #AncientJapan, #FossilDiscovery, #Paleontology, #BigCats
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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull and a bitter feud over humanity's origins
#HackerNews #Toumai #Feud #HumanityOrigins #AncientSkull #FossilDiscovery
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New dinosaur species, the 'dragon prince,' is changing what we know about tyrannosaur evolution! Discovered in China, this fossil reveals a more complex family tree. #Dinosaurs #Paleontology #FossilDiscovery
https://ndpost.org/tech/fossil-discovery-of-dragon-prince-dinosaur-reshapes-understanding-of-tyrannosaur-evolution/ -
New fossil discovery rewrites the story of human migration — evidence now suggests early humans reached Eurasia 2 million years ago.
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Prehistoric footprints found in Oregon reveal a world of giant beasts and ancient birds frozen in time. #FossilDiscovery #PrehistoricLife #Paleontology
https://geekoo.news/ancient-footsteps-reveal-secrets-of-oregons-prehistoric-world/
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Ancient footprints in Utah reveal a two-legged crocodile ancestor, reshaping our understanding of prehistoric life. #Paleontology #FossilDiscovery #CrocodileEvolution
https://geekoo.news/ancient-crocodile-walked-on-two-legs-tracks-reveal/
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A team of palaeontologists led by Southern Methodist University has discovered over 260 footprints of Early Cretaceous dinosaurs in Brazil and Cameroon. These findings reveal where land-dwelling dinosaurs were last able to freely cross between South America and Africa before the continents split apart millions of years ago. #paleontology #dinosaurs #science #fossildiscovery #creataceous #geology #africa #southamerica #greatread
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/gondwana-dinosaur-footprints-13201.html