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Fossil of Odoiporosaurus - Took the picture at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano

fossil Odoiporosaurus

Fossil - Took the picture at Museum of Natural History, Karlsruhe

museum fossil Manemergus

fossil of Plesiopterys

fossil Plesiopterys

Fossil of Eretmosaurus, an extinct reptile-- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London

museum fossil Eretmosaurus

Fossil of Anningasaura, an extinct reptile - Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology, Tuebingen

museum fossil Anningasaura

Megalneusaurus rex holotype fossils.

fossil holotype Megalneusaurus

Fossil - Took the picture at Natural History Museum, Karlsruhe

museum fossil Psephochelys

Fossil with teeth of Macroplacus raeticus from Triassic of Germany, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

Germany Triassic fossil Macroplacus

Raeticodactylus filisurensis fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur.

fossil Raeticodactylus

Fossil of Sordes, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Dinosaurium, Prague

fossil Sordes

A Berthasaura leopoldinae 3d Reconstruction by Alex Pritchard Dinosauria - Dinosaur Fossil Replicas

fossil Berthasaura Dinosauria

Fossil of Tarascosaurus salluvicus, an extinct theropod discovered in the South of France

France fossil Tarascosaurus

Illustration of a fossil of Indosaurus

fossil Indosaurus

Fossil of Sciurumimus, an extinct theropod- Took the photo at Fossil Show, Munich

fossil Sciurumimus

Fossil of Streptospondylus, a dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period of France. Took the photo at the Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy in the French National Museum of Natural History, Paris.

museum France Jurassic Middle Jurassic +4

Part of the holotype of Metriacanthosaurus parkeri

museum fossil holotype Metriacanthosaurus

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News

Fossil feet may be misleading scientists about human evolution

fossil discovery evolution

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed. The discovery challenges a key assumption about what the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees looked like and how it moved.

31/08/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

Amazing Armoured Dinosaur Discovery – Japan’s First Definitive Ankylosaur

Japan Cretaceous fossil Ankylosauria Dinosauria Nodosauridae discovery

A new genus and species of armoured dinosaur has been named from fossils found in Japan. Nipponopelta yezoensis represents the first formally named Japanese ankylosaur. Furthermore, this discovery provides important information about the dispersal of nodosaurids during the Cretaceous Period. The new dinosaur was named and described by an international team of palaeontologists. The research

30/08/2026 everythingdinosaur

Remarkable Carboniferous Coelacanth Fossil Discovery in Yorkshire

Carboniferous fossil discovery

A remarkable Roundhay Park coelacanth fossil has been discovered in Leeds. The fossil is around 320 million years old. It dates from the Carboniferous. Furthermore, experts believe it represents the oldest fossil coelacanth yet found in Yorkshire. Geologist Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society made the discovery earlier this year. He found a well-preserved

27/08/2026 everythingdinosaur

324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land

limb fossil insect

Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects.

27/08/2026 sciencedaily

Remarkable Triassic Marine Reptile Fossil Preserves Internal Organs

China Triassic fossil specimen anatomy skeleton

Scientists have described an exceptional fossil of the long-necked, Triassic marine reptile Austronaga minuta. The specimen comes from China and is around 245 million years old. Remarkably, much of the animal's digestive system has been preserved. The almost complete fossil provides scientists with an unprecedented view of the skeleton and internal anatomy of an archosauromorph.

26/08/2026 everythingdinosaur

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