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Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

Modern imaging links Praearcturus to the Canadian scorpion Eramoscorpius, prompting revisions to fossil records.

Sotheby’s to Offer 63%‑Complete T. Rex ‘Gus’ With $20–$30 Million Estimate

Scientists Name Labrujasuchus expectatus, a Two‑Legged, Beaked Croc Relative from Ghost Ranch

Researchers Name Giant Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex After Museum Re‑examination

Century-Old Skull Confirms Giant Echidnas Once Lived in Victoria

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Reclassified as a Nautiloid

Chinese Fossil Trove Pushes Complex Animal Origins Into the Ediacaran

500-Million-Year-Old Chelicerate Pushes Back Spider Lineage by 20 Million Years

307-Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back the Origin of Plant-Eating on Land

Brisbane Footprint Identified as Australia’s Oldest Dinosaur Fossil After 3D Analysis

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

Museum Fossil From Wales Named New Triassic Theropod, Newtonsaurus Cambrensis

Oldest Known Lepidosaur From 242 Million Years Ago Recasts Early Lizard Evolution

Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Mammoth Cave Yields Fifth New Shark Species: Macadens olsoni

Mirasaura Grauvogeli Shows Feather-Like Crest Evolved Separately in Triassic Reptiles

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

Denver Museum Unveils 67.5-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Vertebra Found 763 Feet Underground