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麻豆传媒: Cambrian Fossil From Utah Illuminates Origins of Vertebrate Life
Released: 18-Nov-2024 6:25 PM EST
Cambrian Fossil From Utah Illuminates Origins of Vertebrate Life
University of Utah

Fossils recovered from Utah's West Desert and held in the Natural History Museum of Utah offer new insights into the origins of vertebrate life during the Cambrian Period.

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30-Aug-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Why dinosaur collagen might have staying power
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Now, scientists report in ACS Central Science that the unique tenacity of collagen in dinosaur skeletons may result from a molecular structure that shields these vulnerable bonds from attack by water that鈥檚 present in the environment.

麻豆传媒: Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
22-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
Southern Methodist University

An international team led by SMU paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents. In terms of their geological and tectonic plates contexts, these dinosaur fossils were found to be almost identical.

麻豆传媒: Research reveals the most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in a Century
Released: 10-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Research reveals the most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in a Century
University of Portsmouth

The most complete dinosaur discovered in this country in the last 100 years, with a pubic hip bone the size of a 鈥榙inner plate鈥, has been described in a new paper published today.

麻豆传媒: Life Underground Suited New Dinosaur Fine
Released: 9-Jul-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Life Underground Suited New Dinosaur Fine
North Carolina State University

The age of dinosaurs wasn鈥檛 conducted solely above ground. A newly discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows evidence that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a fuller understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous 鈥 both above and below ground.

麻豆传媒: Loki鈥檚 horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades
Released: 24-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Loki鈥檚 horned dinosaur wielded a pair of giant blades
University of Utah

The Natural History Museum of Utah announced Lokiceratops rangiformis, the largest and most ornate horned dino ever found. Its distinctive horn pattern inspired its name, "Loki鈥檚 horned face that looks like a caribou."

麻豆传媒: New study finds dinosaur fossils did not inspire the mythological griffin
Released: 21-Jun-2024 4:05 AM EDT
New study finds dinosaur fossils did not inspire the mythological griffin
University of Portsmouth

For centuries, scientists thought they knew where the griffin legend came from. A new study takes a closer look at the data and folklore鈥檚 influence on science.

麻豆传媒: New Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered
Released: 4-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
New Long-Necked Dinosaur Discovered
Stony Brook University

Long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs, known as sauropodomorphs, a group of mainly bipedal dinosaurs that lived some 210 million years ago in the Late Triassic, provide a common image of the age of dinosaurs in the minds of people.

麻豆传媒: Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros鈥 extinction
Released: 3-Jun-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros鈥 extinction
University of Adelaide

Researchers have discovered sustained hunting by humans prevented the woolly rhinoceros from accessing favourable habitats as Earth warmed following the Last Ice Age.

麻豆传媒: Origins of Welsh dragons finally exposed by experts
Released: 30-May-2024 3:05 AM EDT
Origins of Welsh dragons finally exposed by experts
University of Bristol

A large fossil discovery has helped shed light on the history of dinosaurs in Wales.

麻豆传媒: Paul Sereno鈥檚 Fossil Lab moves to Washington Park
Released: 2-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Paul Sereno鈥檚 Fossil Lab moves to Washington Park
University of Chicago Medical Center

The 6,000 square foot facility will feature fossil preparation space, multipurpose areas for community programs, and tons of specimens collected from Sereno鈥檚 worldwide expeditions.

麻豆传媒: T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find
26-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find
University of Bristol

Dinosaurs were as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys, as former research suggests.

Released: 26-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EDT
In paleontology, correct names are keys to accurate study
Ohio State University

When the skeletal remains of a giant ground sloth were first unearthed in 1796, the discovery marked one of the earliest paleontological finds in American history.

麻豆传媒: New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
Released: 11-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
New fossil site of worldwide importance uncovered in southern France
University of Lausanne

Nearly 400 exceptionally well-preserved fossils dating back 470 million years have been discovered in the south of France by two amateur paleontologists.

麻豆传媒: Dinosaurs鈥 success helped by specialized stance and gait, study finds
Released: 7-Feb-2024 4:05 AM EST
Dinosaurs鈥 success helped by specialized stance and gait, study finds
University of Bristol

Dinosaurs鈥 range of locomotion made them incredibly adaptable, University of Bristol researchers have found.

麻豆传媒: New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
2-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
New species of Jurassic pterosaur discovered on the Isle of Skye
University of Bristol

A new species of pterosaur from specimens found on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, has been announced by scientists from the Natural History Museum, University of Bristol, University of Leicester, and University of Liverpool.

Released: 17-Nov-2023 3:05 AM EST
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air
Duke University

Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years ago, by being plentiful in the forest understory. Today, just a few species of the palm-like plants survive in tropical and subtropical habitats.

Released: 2-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Jurassic worlds might be easier to spot than modern Earth
Cornell University

A Cornell analysis finds telescopes could better detect potential chemical signatures of life in an Earth-like exoplanet that more closely resembles the age the dinosaurs inhabited than the one we know today.



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