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9-million-year-old fossil of colossal Great White Shark ancestor discovered
In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the nearly complete fossil of a colossal shark that prowled the ancient seas some ...
A new twist in an old origin story: Earliest dinosaurs may have emerged in the Amazon
The remains of the earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered in the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa, suggests a new study led by UCL (University College London) ...
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Giant horned dinosaur's fossils were destroyed in WWII — but photos reveal it was an unknown species
Researchers have identified a giant new dinosaur species after uncovering lost photos of fossils destroyed in World ... Bahariya Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert in 1914. They were then held ...
The Mysterious First Dinosaurs Could Be Buried Beneath the Amazon Rainforest, According to Scientists
New research suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in equatorial regions of Gondwana, encompassing the ...
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Undiscovered fossils could hold missing puzzle piece to dinosaur origin story
By using dinosaurs' close reptilian cousins to close gaps in the fossil record, a new model points to an ancient supercontinent as the birthplace of the extinct creatures.
Evolution: Dinosaur Origin Mystery Gets New Twist
The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...