Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle
This massive fossil is the largest freshwater turtle species found from the Paleocene (66–56 million years ago). Its unusually thick…
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Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid
This crocodile-like reptile had an unusually short snout, giving it an incredibly powerful bite well adapted to eating tougher prey…
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World’s Oldest Grape Fossil
Museum scientists discovered that fossil grape seeds from India are almost 10 million years older than those from Europe and…
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Pencil Urchins
Cryptic species – species that look alike – present a challenge for scientists who classify organisms. DNA studies have shown…
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Cryptic Sea Stars
DNA can unite species that were thought to be different. Scientists believed these Sea Stars to be two different species…
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