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450‑Million‑Year‑Old Crinoid Shows Rare Soft Tissue Preservation

Revealing feeding anatomy in Ordovician crinoids, the fossil also shows curated museum collections can produce major new science.

Mummified Permian Reptile Reveals Oldest Rib-Powered Breathing System

Mosasaur Tooth Shows Bus-Sized Marine Reptiles Hunted in Cretaceous Rivers

New Filter-Feeding Pterosaur, Bakiribu Waridza, Described From Fossilized Vomit

Orange Lichens Guide Drones to Dinosaur Fossils in Peer-Reviewed Study

Wyoming 'Mummy' Fossils Show Duck-Billed Dinosaur Had Hooves, Not Preserved Skin

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

Denver Museum Displays 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Unearthed Beneath Parking Lot

Grinding Tomography Reveals 40 New Squid Species in 100-Million-Year-Old Rock