🇦🇶 Antarctica

Aristonectes

84 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 3 occ.

Plioplatecarpus

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 3 occ.

Leiodon

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Mosasaurus

101 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 2 occ.

Hainosaurus

84 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

Moanasaurus

84 Ma

Marine reptiles Valid 1 occ.

Climate doesn't tell the whole story: why Antarctica froze in a warmer world 34 million years ago

Antarctica geology Paleogene study

Why did Antarctica become covered in ice 34 million years ago when the Earth was still about 5°C warmer than today? Part of the answer lies deep within the Earth, according to a new study. By gradually lifting the continent on...

08/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery

Antarctica Dinosauria discovery fossil Titanosauria +1

A small fossil collected on an Antarctic island more than four decades ago is a tail vertebra of a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that roamed Antarctica roughly 83 million years ago, according to a new paper in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. The post 83-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites Timeline of Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Discovery appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

01/07/2026 sci-news

This bone forgotten in a drawer for 40 years has just revealed the very first dinosaur discovered in Antarctica!

Antarctica bone Dinosauria discovery fossil +4

For almost forty years, it remained forgotten in a drawer in the British Antarctic Survey. This fossil, discovered in Antarctica in 1985, has just been identified as the very first dinosaur fossil ever unearthed on the white continent. A discovery which also sheds light on...

01/07/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

Scientists Formally Describe the First Dinosaur Fossil Found in Antarctica

Antarctica Cretaceous Dinosauria discovery fossil +3

Scientists have formally described the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica. The remarkable discovery is a single vertebra from a Late Cretaceous titanosaur. Although the fossil was collected more than forty years ago, researchers have only recently confirmed its identity.  The first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica described in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

29/06/2026 everythingdinosaur

Researchers reveal giant structure hidden beneath Antarctica for 160 million years

Antarctica discovery geology

The White Continent was only discovered at the beginning of the 19th century. Men have only been exploring Antarctica for two centuries and its many secrets have not yet been unlocked. But modern means of detection are helping us with this goal, as shown by a recent discovery that has...

10/06/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

This prehistoric fish may explain how animals first walked on Earth

Antarctica skull

Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move out of the water. Using advanced neutron imaging, researchers discovered that Koharalepis jarviki had features suited for living near the water’s surface, including openings in its skull that may have helped it gulp air and a light-sensitive organ linked to day-night rhythms.

25/05/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

Scientists warn: something has shifted in Antarctica... and it could speed up everything

Antarctica study

Antarctica has long been an exception in the face of global warming. But since 2015, the sea ice has been retreating at high speed. A study now reveals how three interlocking mechanisms pushed the region into a melting spiral.

18/05/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

What researchers just found under Antarctica should worry coasts around the world

Antarctica

East Antarctica may not be as “sheltered” from global warming as previously thought. Under the Fimbulisen barrier, a hidden geometry could accelerate the melting and weaken this immense ice platform.

16/05/2026 futura-terre ⚙ traduction auto

Kaikaifilu

Antarctica Cretaceous Kaikaifilu