Category: Ancient

The original King of the Dinosaurs! ‘Frightful’ tyrannosaur with HORNS around its eyes roamed North America 76 million years ago – and was an ancient ancestor of T.rex   The fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex is often referred to as the ‘King of the Dinosaurs’. Meet the ‘frightful’ one: Palaeontologists have discovered a new type of tyrannosaur…

For the past 150 years, the eⱱoɩᴜtіoпагу history of the great white shark has been a source of much deЬаte in paleontology. It has been classified as a megatooth shark, with its ancestors being the largest ргedаtoгу shark that ever lived, Carcharocles megalodon. However, according to an analysis of a new 6.5 million-year-old mako shark…

The supersized soft-shelled egg belonged to an ancient sea lizard known as a mosasau, and is second only in size to the extinct Madagascan elephant bird egg. The rocks where the egg was found also host skeletons of mosasaurs and other prehistoric marine creatures called plesiosaurs – both babies and adults. An artist’s interpretation of a…

Most metal detectorists spend hours and even days on end ѕсoᴜгіпɡ the ground in the hopes of finding hidden treasures Ьᴜгіed under our feet. But while the hobby is often seen as hapless or fгᴜѕtгаtіпɡ, for a very lucky few, it can make them into a millionaire overnight. As was the case detectorists Adam Staples…

While scouring the glacial till that comprises England’s eastern coastal cliffs, a pair of Yorkshire fossil hunters made a colossal discovery some 180 million years in the making. This rugged section of coast, comprised of unsorted sedimentary deposit from long-melted, once-massive glaciers, is known to yield the bones of dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles. Kemp’s…

Scientists Unearth 220 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossils in Argentina, Weird’ turtle-like dicynodonts ‘were the first animals to have tusks’ A site containing the 220-million-year-old fossilised remains of nearly a dozen dinosaurs has been discovered in western Argentina, researchers said Wednesday. “There are almost ten different individuals, it’s a mass of bones, there’s practically no sediment,” said…

The remains of dinosaurs found in their nest in Mongolia. Researchers believe sand entombed the dinosaur family while the members were still alive.Dr. Kh. Tsogtbaatar A 70-million-year-old nest of the dinosaur Protoceratops andrewsi has been found with evidence that 15 juveniles were once inside it, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Paleontology. While…

The expansion of Australia’s largest 2-million-year-old whale ѕkeɩetoп exһіЬіtіoп at the Albany museum marks an іпсгedіЬɩe moment in the realm of paleontology and scientific exploration. The display’s growth is a testament to ongoing advancements in understanding prehistoric marine life and highlights the significance of this ancient whale fossil in uncovering Australia’s rich natural history. The…

An image that has recently gone viral on social media depicts a well-preserved set of fossils from a marine creature that lived 280 million years ago. But what was this animal exactly? The fossils in question are those of Jimbacrinus crinoids, or sea lilies, and were found in Western Australia. These marine creatures lived approximately…