‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
A trace fossil of 66 dinosaur footprints has been uncovered in Australia, providing a rare snapshot of dinosaur behavior and ...
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Scientists Just Found a Fossil That Doesn’t Belong to Any Known Life Form — What Is It?
A bizarre 400-million-year-old fossil may not be a plant, animal, or even a fungus. Known asPrototaxites, this extinct ...
Rare aardvark trace fossils discovered in South Africa
A recent study published in Quaternary Research describes the discovery and identification of possible aardvark tracks and ...
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A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have 66 Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago
For more than 20 years, a simple white slab sat in the main office of Biloela State High School, blending into the background ...
This High School Rock Is Teeming With Dinosaur Footprints—but No One Noticed for Decades
A slab of rock at an Australian high school, a boulder in a parking lot, and a bookend in a private collection feature ...
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How Long Does It Take For A Fossil To Form? Frogs' Brains Show Fossilization Within 2 Years
The fossilization process itself can take anywhere from a matter of days to millions of years. Waiting for mineral-rich ...
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Eocene mudflat fossils reveal ancient waterbird foraging behaviors and four new species
These trace fossils are interpreted as recording foraging strategies employed by lake-margin waterbirds searching for prey. The fossils were recovered from the Green River Formation, which spans ...
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
Ichnospecies are organisms identified only through trace fossils, or fossils that are of impressions they leave, such as footprints, rather than the actual organisms. The discovery represents one ...