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Mysterious Fossil Found in Museum Storage Turned Out to Be a New, Extinct Lizard Species
Years ago, Jason Bourque was digging through storage at the Florida Museum of Natural History when he came across a ...
New pterosaur species Nipponopterus mifunensis identified from Japanese fossil
Expected to provide important clues on pterosaur evolution, the fossil is the first known member of a new genus.
Kyushu dinosaur museum identifies fossil as new pterosaur species
A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...
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Japan dinosaur museum identifies fossil as new flying reptile species
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or ...
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Animal evolution theory turned upside down by new fossil discovery
Fossil tracks found in Australia push the origin of reptiles back by 40 million years, altering the timeline of tetrapod ...
New genus, species named for pterosaur fossil in Kyushu
A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and ...
Fossil of an ancient tegu lizard discovered in Florida with the help of AI
Scientists named it Wautaugategu formidus. The name “Wautauga” comes from a nearby forest. “Formidus”, Latin for “warm”, nods ...
Flying dinosaur fossil with intact feathers reveals how first birds took flight
Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first ...