Extinct species news, features and articles
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Mysterious 160 million-year-old creature unearthed on Isle of Skye is part lizard, part snakeResearchers have discovered a mysterious ancient lizard with snake-like teeth in Scotland. Breugnathair elgolensis is one of the oldest relatively complete lizard fossils and helps scientists better understand the origins of snakes in the Jurassic period.
By Patrick Pester Published
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95 million-year-old 'tiny, tiny skull' from never-before-seen crocodile-like creature discovered in MontanaResearchers have described a whole new family of extinct crocodyliforms based on the fossilized remains of a single teenage croc named Elton discovered in the Blackleaf Formation.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Gigantic dinosaur with 'claws like hedge trimmers' found with croc leg still in its jaws in ArgentinaSpeedy megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali had big arms and claws like hedge trimmers that would have made T. rex's forelimbs look puny.
By Chris Simms Published
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Oldest-known dome-headed dinosaur discovered sticking out of a cliff in Mongolia's Gobi DesertThe juvenile pachycephalosaurs, which predates the previous oldest dome-headed dinosaur by 15 million years, reveals more about how and when this unusual feature developed.
By Skyler Ware Published
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Scientists find baby pterosaurs died in violent Jurassic storm 150 million years agoResearchers found storm injuries during a baby pterosaur post-mortem, solving a Jurassic mystery that was 150 million years in the making.
By Patrick Pester Published
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Ancient DNA from Mexico's mammoths reveals unexpected — and unexplained — genetic mysteriesColumbian mammoths in Mexico are genetically different from those in the U.S. and Canada, surprise DNA study reveals.
By Jeanne Timmons Published
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'So weird': Ankylosaur with 3-foot spikes sticking out of its neck discovered in MoroccoThe ostentatious spikes of a newly described ankylosaur fossil suggest that its armor evolved via sexual selection.
By Richard Pallardy Published
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115 million-year-old dinosaur tracks unearthed in Texas after devastating floodsWhile clearing debris from the devastating floods in Texas in July, volunteers uncovered 15 large dinosaur footprints thought to belong to a formidable prehistoric predator.
By Pandora Dewan Published
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'Most remarkable' fossil of Jurassic sea monster from Germany is previously unknown speciesPaleontologists in Germany have described a never-before-seen species of Jurassic marine reptile from 183 million years ago.
By Perri Thaler Published
