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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

A broken bone sheds a light on evolutionary transition to land

Animals emerged from the water and clamored onto land more than 300 million years ago, but paleontologists are looking for even more details about the transition. A healed broken bone that later fossilized is offering some new and unexpected clues.

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over 5 years ago by Pete Buchholz

The last camels of North America

DNA extracted from bones collected in the Yukon show that North America's last camel was a close relative of Old World camels and not llamas as previously thought.

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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Fossil reptile from the UK will cast a spell on you

A new 205 million-year-old fossil reptile named after a spell cast by Severus Snape of the Harry Potter films, has been unearthed in Southwest England.

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over 5 years ago by Pete Buchholz

“Hellboy” crowned Triceratops’ fancy cousin

Named in 2015, Regaliceratops, meaning royal horned face, has numerous spade shaped horns on its frill, resembling a crown.

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over 5 years ago by Franz Anthony

Giant 20-foot-long sharks swam over the ancient American Great Plains

Three newly unearthed vertebrae from north-central Texas suggest the presence of an enormous shark during the Early Cretaceous Period in the region. This discovery provides further evidence that larger sharks had evolved prior to the Late Cretaceous.

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A broken bone sheds a light on evolutionary transition to land

The last camels of North America

Fossil reptile from the UK will cast a spell on you

“Hellboy” crowned Triceratops’ fancy cousin

Giant 20-foot-long sharks swam over the ancient American Great Plains