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Newly Discovered Fossil Tracks May Rewrite Early History of Reptiles
Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed earlier than expected
Fossil tracks show reptiles appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier
The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical time period.
Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land
The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the earliest known instance of animals emerging from the water to live on land
Scientists Discover Oldest Reptile Tracks, Rewriting Evolution Timeline
The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans.
Newly discovered claw-mark fossils suggest reptiles evolved earlier than we thought
New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than scientists first thought.
356-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trackway With Claw Marks Is Probably Oldest Evidence Of Reptiles
Tracks found in early Carboniferous-period rocks in southeast Australia appear to be from an amniote, most likely a reptile. If so, these beat the previous oldest evidence for amniotes by more than 30 million years,
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Mysterious Fossil Found in Museum Storage Turned Out to Be a New, Extinct Lizard Species
Years ago, Jason Bourque was digging through storage at the Florida Museum of Natural History when he came across a ...
Scientists uncover new secrets of rare feathered fossil showing early bird evolution
A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...
Kyushu dinosaur museum identifies fossil as new pterosaur species
A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously ...
Flying dinosaur fossil with intact feathers reveals how first birds took flight
Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...
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Japan dinosaur museum identifies fossil as new flying reptile species
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or ...
New genus, species named for pterosaur fossil in Kyushu
A team of researchers re-examining a fossil found about 30 years ago in Kumamoto Prefecture concluded it is a new genus and ...
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum features full-scale dino sculptures and a fossil dig
A duck-billed Hadrosaurus was unearthed in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858. Just 12 miles from this Mantua museum site, the ...
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Bone in ‘mystery’ box at FL museum stumped scientists. It belongs to new species
The authors described the bone as “the first unequivocal fossil of a tupinambine (tegu) in North America” with a “unique mosaic” of features. The road to discovering the new species ...