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  1. What #dinosaur was actually the biggest? It's a question that scientists are still trying to piece together an answer to, facing challenges from fragmentary fossils.

    🔗 Read more: dlvr.it/TSmQJG

    #news #dinosaurs #science #fossils

  2. 🦖☄️ Paleontologist Michael Benton and meteoriticist Monica Grady reconstruct the final day of the #Cretaceous in real-time – from the silent #asteroid visible as a #star, to the fireball and incineration, to mega-tsunamis, global #wildfires, acid #rain, and a decade-long #winter that snuffed out three-quarters of #Earth’s species.

    👉 theguardian.com/science/2026/m

    #asteroid #dinosaurs #extinction #chicxulub #paleontology #meteorite #tsunami #climate #earthquake #volcano #science #mexico #fossils #geology

  3. Scientists hung onto woolly mammoth fossils for 70 years — then discovered a huge mistake: ‘Something was amiss’

    Is it free woolly? Scientists were flabbergasted after discovering that the mammoth backbones that had been housed in…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #archaeology #Fossils #mistakenidentity #studysays #Whales
    newsbeep.com/us/669370/

  4. Scientists hung onto woolly mammoth fossils for 70 years — then discovered a huge mistake: ‘Something was amiss’

    Is it free woolly? Scientists were flabbergasted after discovering that the mammoth backbones that had been housed in…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #archaeology #Fossils #mistakenidentity #studysays #Whales
    newsbeep.com/us/669370/

  5. 🦖☄️ 66 million years ago, an #asteroid wiped out 75% of #Earth’s species. The survivors – small #birds, #mammals, #turtles, and #fish – shared key traits: a small body size, the ability to burrow or shelter in #water, and flexible diets. Researchers explain how size, diet, and luck determined who lived and who didn’t.

    👉 livescience.com/animals/how-di

    #dinosaurs #extinction #paleontology #survival #evolution #cretaceous #science #animals #fossils #naturalhistory #nature #history

  6. In dino veritas. Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri - LIB-00022

    Volume "In dino veritas". Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri

    Marco Castiello, Marco Lampugnani, Stefano Broccoli

    Curatore: G. Donati Editore: Rswitalia .com

    Anno edizione: 2011

    Pagine: 580 p., ill. , Rilegato

    #fossili #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #collection #museum #dinosauri #dinosaurs

    Scritto con un linguaggio il più chiaro e preciso possibile, "In dino veritas" si propone di port

  7. In dino veritas. Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri - LIB-00022

    Volume "In dino veritas". Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri

    Marco Castiello, Marco Lampugnani, Stefano Broccoli

    Curatore: G. Donati Editore: Rswitalia .com

    Anno edizione: 2011

    Pagine: 580 p., ill. , Rilegato

    #fossili #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #collection #museum #dinosauri #dinosaurs

    Scritto con un linguaggio il più chiaro e preciso possibile, "In dino veritas" si propone di port

  8. In dino veritas. Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri - LIB-00022

    Volume "In dino veritas". Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri

    Marco Castiello, Marco Lampugnani, Stefano Broccoli

    Curatore: G. Donati Editore: Rswitalia .com

    Anno edizione: 2011

    Pagine: 580 p., ill. , Rilegato

    #fossili #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #collection #museum #dinosauri #dinosaurs

    Scritto con un linguaggio il più chiaro e preciso possibile, "In dino veritas" si propone di port

  9. In dino veritas. Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri - LIB-00022

    Volume "In dino veritas". Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri

    Marco Castiello, Marco Lampugnani, Stefano Broccoli

    Curatore: G. Donati Editore: Rswitalia .com

    Anno edizione: 2011

    Pagine: 580 p., ill. , Rilegato

    #fossili #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #collection #museum #dinosauri #dinosaurs

    Scritto con un linguaggio il più chiaro e preciso possibile, "In dino veritas" si propone di port

  10. In dino veritas. Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri - LIB-00022

    Volume "In dino veritas". Guida ad una visione consapevole dei dinosauri

    Marco Castiello, Marco Lampugnani, Stefano Broccoli

    Curatore: G. Donati Editore: Rswitalia .com

    Anno edizione: 2011

    Pagine: 580 p., ill. , Rilegato

    #fossili #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #collection #museum #dinosauri #dinosaurs

    Scritto con un linguaggio il più chiaro e preciso possibile, "In dino veritas" si propone di port

  11. I found this shale-like rock below a quickly eroding bank of this rock. I’m very curious what organism or process made the patterns on the surface. The railing is 5 1/2” wide.

    #fossils #askfedi

  12. The earliest known #eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex #life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago.

    The earliest eukaryotes for which we have #fossils lived in predominantly near-shore, oxygenated, benthic (on the seafloor) settings.

    This implies that the availability of #oxygen was dictating eukaryote #evolution from its early stages.

    #biology #astrobiology
    astrobiology.com/2026/05/early

    Paper by Lechte et al. (2026):
    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

  13. The earliest known #eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex #life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago.

    The earliest eukaryotes for which we have #fossils lived in predominantly near-shore, oxygenated, benthic (on the seafloor) settings.

    This implies that the availability of #oxygen was dictating eukaryote #evolution from its early stages.

    #biology #astrobiology
    astrobiology.com/2026/05/early

    Paper by Lechte et al. (2026):
    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

  14. The earliest known #eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex #life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago.

    The earliest eukaryotes for which we have #fossils lived in predominantly near-shore, oxygenated, benthic (on the seafloor) settings.

    This implies that the availability of #oxygen was dictating eukaryote #evolution from its early stages.

    #biology #astrobiology
    astrobiology.com/2026/05/early

    Paper by Lechte et al. (2026):
    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

  15. The earliest known #eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex #life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago.

    The earliest eukaryotes for which we have #fossils lived in predominantly near-shore, oxygenated, benthic (on the seafloor) settings.

    This implies that the availability of #oxygen was dictating eukaryote #evolution from its early stages.

    #biology #astrobiology
    astrobiology.com/2026/05/early

    Paper by Lechte et al. (2026):
    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

  16. The earliest known #eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex #life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago.

    The earliest eukaryotes for which we have #fossils lived in predominantly near-shore, oxygenated, benthic (on the seafloor) settings.

    This implies that the availability of #oxygen was dictating eukaryote #evolution from its early stages.

    #biology #astrobiology
    astrobiology.com/2026/05/early

    Paper by Lechte et al. (2026):
    nature.com/articles/s41586-026

  17. Fossil Kept in a Museum For Decades Turns Out to Be a Fearsome New Predator.
    There are a lot of #mosasaur specimens in museums and personal collections around the world. American museums alone house hundreds of tylosaur specimens, and that's just one mosasaur clade
    sciencealert.com/fossil-kept-i #globalmuseum #museums #fossils

  18. Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors

    Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Anthropology #crocodiles #Fossils #paleontology #Science #UniversityofIowa
    newsbeep.com/us/660205/

  19. Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors

    Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Anthropology #crocodiles #Fossils #paleontology #Science #UniversityofIowa
    newsbeep.com/us/660205/

  20. Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors

    Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #anthropology #crocodiles #fossils #paleontology #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #UniversityofIowa
    newsbeep.com/uk/599617/

  21. Germany to Return Contested Dinosaur Fossil to Brazil

    For many years a source of irritation, a fossil of the Brazilian spinosaurid Irritator challengeri is now bringing…
    #Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #academia #Brazil #culture&policy #dinosaurs #Education&Careers #fossils&paleontology #GlobalSouth #History #LatinAmerica #legislation&regulations #Museums #politics
    europesays.com/germany/21103/

  22. This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin.

    It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen.

    #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

  23. This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin.

    It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen.

    #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

  24. This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin.

    It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen.

    #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

  25. This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin.

    It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen.

    #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

  26. This week’s Fossil Friday is a Late Cretaceous sea star from Alberta (APS 1987.038). It was found in the Cardium Formation, which formed along the shallow margin of the Western Interior Seaway. This seaway bisected North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This sea star would have lived in the warm, shallow waters along that margin.

    It was found by Harvey Negrich and Don Sabo. Photo credit Howard Allen.

    #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #seastar #fossilfriday

  27. Pokemon goes prehistoric at Chicago’s Field Museum

    Pokemon fans hoping to ‘catch them all’ may want to head to Chicago's Field Museum, where the Pokemon Fossil Museum is officially making its North American debut. The museum's assistant curator of fossils said the objective was to ‘get people interested in natural history.’ #pokemon #museum #naturalhistory #history #science #chicago #usa #fossils #paleontology #News #Reuters #Newsfeed 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the…

    fllics.com/en/video/pokemon-go

  28. "Led by Scott Evans, assistant curator of invertebrate palaeontology at the American Museum of Natural History, [the study] draws on rare 567-million-year-old fossils to show animal evolution may have started far earlier than previously thought. "

    theconversation.com/rare-567-m

    #Fossils #Life #Palaeontology #Ediacaran

  29. "Led by Scott Evans, assistant curator of invertebrate palaeontology at the American Museum of Natural History, [the study] draws on rare 567-million-year-old fossils to show animal evolution may have started far earlier than previously thought. "

    theconversation.com/rare-567-m

    #Fossils #Life #Palaeontology #Ediacaran