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Lost Megalodon Vertebrae Confirm 24.3‑Metre Maximum Length

Micro-CT growth-band counts provide new life-span data with fragmentary basking‑shark remains in the matrix interpreted as possible stomach contents.

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

Study Shows Smaller Tyrannosaur Scavenged a Larger One

Parking-Lot Project at Dinosaur National Monument Unearths New Fossils, First Dig at Site Since 1924

Mammoth Cave Yields Fifth New Shark Species: Macadens olsoni