News tagged with palaeontology

Giant bird feces records pre-human New Zealand

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Jan 12, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (11) | 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- A treasure trove of information about pre-human New Zealand has been found in faeces from giant extinct birds, buried beneath the floor of caves and rock shelters for thousands of years.

Britain's oldest dinosaur to be released

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 210 million years of being entombed in rock, the Bristol Dinosaur is about to be released, thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded to the University of Bristol.

Small fossils provide key clues for interpreting environmental changes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Micropalaeontology team at the Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology at the University of the Basque Country (Spain) is working on the study of microfossils under the direction of Mr Julio Rodríguez ...

Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 16, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.

T.rex's oldest ancestor identified

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Nov 04, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Remains of the oldest-known relative of T.rex have been identified, more than 100 years after being pulled out of a Gloucestershire reservoir, according to research published in the Zoological Jo ...

Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 22, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 1

The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this ...

Inside the First Bird, Surprising Signs of a Dinosaur

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Oct 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less “bird-like” than scientists had believed.

Reptiles stood upright after mass extinction

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (8) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reptiles changed their walking posture from sprawling to upright immediately after the end-Permian mass extinction, the biggest crisis in the history of life that occurred some 250 million ...

The adherence mechanism of red algae to the rocks is discovered

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Aug 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Geologists of the University of Granada, Spain, have described for the first time ever the biological mechanism that explains how calcareous red algae grow on rocky substrates.

Fossilized dung balls reveal secret ecology of lost world

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Jul 15, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 0

A new study of 30 million year old fossil 'mega-dung' from extinct giant South American mammals reveals evidence of complex ecological interactions and theft of dung-beetles' food stores by other animals.

Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 03, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (15) | 1

Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.

Mummified dinosaur skin yields up new secrets

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 01, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (18) | 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified preserved organic molecules in the skin of a dinosaur that died around 66-million years ago.

Largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain described

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Jun 22, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Researchers from the Teruel-Dinópolis Joint Palaeontology Foundation have compared an Allosauroidea tooth found in deposits in Riodeva, Teruel, with other similar samples. The palaeontologists have ...

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