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A unicorn-like Spinosaurus found in the Sahara

But there was one thing that made S. mirabilis different from S. aegyptiacus. The word “mirabilis” in the newly discovered […]

Skip to content Like rocks, egg shells can trap isotopes, allowing us to use them to date samples. When dinosaur […]

Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers. Today, the North Pacific right whale is severely endangered, meaning that […]

For four decades, a frequently acrimonious debate has raged in paleontological circles about the correct taxonomy for a handful of […]

That seemingly changes as of now, with new argon dating of strata from the Naashoibito Member in the San Juan […]

And we have known for sure that the armor was around back then, given that we’ve found the skin-derived osteoderms […]

“And then you have the Spinosaurus which was kind of weird in general,” Rowe says. “There was a study by […]

What do we have in common with fish, besides being vertebrates? The types of joints we (and most vertebrates) share […]

Some earlier plants might not have made it through the extinction since rock layers from the onset of the End-Permian […]

the mighty, mighty megalodon Also: Baby megalodons were likely the size of great white sharks and capable of hunting marine […]