Latest articles by Lucas Lima

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over 2 years ago by Katherine Kurowski

The giant armadillos of the Americas

In 2015, what was thought to be a dinosaur’s egg by a passerby was discovered 25 miles (40 km) south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The meter-long “black scaly shell” was later identified as the carapace, the hard upper shell, of an extinct armored animal called a glyptodont.
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about 3 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Small extinct whale echolocated like dolphins

A fossil whale collected by a group of undergrads from a drainage ditch two decades ago has turned out to be an important transition from archaic to modern species. This and three other newly discovered specimens of Albertocetus, an early dolphin-like species, provide important anatomical information about the earliest ancestors of the living toothed whale lineage.
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over 3 years ago by Carlos Albuquerque

Prehistoric bat munched on mammals

Known from fossils found in Eocene-aged rocks in Europe and Africa, this ancient bat didn’t eat fruit or insects, like most living bats. Instead its teeth show it focused on larger targets.
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over 3 years ago by Julio Lacerda

The long-lost cousin of rhinos and horses

Cambaytherium, a little fossil from India may have rewritten the history of hoofed animals. Despite looking almost nothing alike, we’ve known that rhinos, horses, and tapirs are cousins since the 19th century. But how did scientists found that out, and where did these animals come from?
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over 3 years ago by Pete Buchholz

Komodo dragon's extinct cousin from Athens

Two small bone fragments found in Athens represent the last known monitor lizard in Europe. This small lizard lived at the onset of the last Ice Age in the last warm refuge in Europe.
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