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Fossil Record

Cretaceous Period Ancient Species Paleoenvironments Sedimentology Permian Period Dinosaur Footprints Megaraptorids Ancient Climate Brandon Bridge Formation Dinosaur Fossils

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New Giant Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex Identified From Museum Collections

Published in May 2026, the peer‑reviewed study reassigns more than a dozen museum specimens to a newly described 13.2‑metre predator that alters mosasaur taxonomy.

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New 70-Million-Year-Old Lizard in Patagonia Extends Scincomorph Record to South America

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Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

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Traskasaura sandrae Named as New Genus, Resolving 40-Year Fossil Mystery

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Fossils Reveal Sebecids Survived in the Caribbean Until 4–7 Million Years Ago

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113-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named Oldest Known Ant Specimen

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New Deep-Snouted Tyrannosaur Species Discovered in China

Fossil Record

New Giant Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex Identified From Museum Collections

New 70-Million-Year-Old Lizard in Patagonia Extends Scincomorph Record to South America

Late Ediacaran Fossils in China Push Back Origins of Major Animal Groups

Egypt Jaw Fossil Recasts Great Ape Origins

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus

Decapitated Jurassic Fish Heads With Guts Intact Reveal Diet and Predators

Hornless ‘Arctic Rhino’ Identified in Canada’s High Arctic Challenges Long-Held Dispersal Timeline

Traskasaura sandrae Named as New Genus, Resolving 40-Year Fossil Mystery

Fossils Reveal Sebecids Survived in the Caribbean Until 4–7 Million Years Ago

113-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named Oldest Known Ant Specimen

New Deep-Snouted Tyrannosaur Species Discovered in China