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Reprodução a partir da gravura original do Holótipo, Hybodus acutus Agassiz, 1837, na publicação e prancha: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles Vol.3 (Atlas); Tab 10

Reprodução a partir da gravura original do Holótipo, Hybodus acutus Agassiz, 1837, na publicação e prancha: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles Vol.3 (Atlas); Tab 10

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Graph of relative Dinosaur fossil populations from each period of geologic time in the Mesozoic, ordered by major clade

Graph of relative Dinosaur fossil populations from each period of geologic time in the Mesozoic, ordered by major clade

Mesozoic fossil Dinosauria
Fossil of the Decapod Cycleryon

Fossil of the Decapod Cycleryon

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Fig 2. Geological section of the “Mittlerer Kimmeridge”. This figure is based on Fischer and modified from Lallensack et al. Beds yielding terrestrial fossils are listed.

Fig 2. Geological section of the “Mittlerer Kimmeridge”. This figure is based on Fischer and modified from Lallensack et al. Beds yielding terrestrial fossils are listed.

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Fossil shell of Aulacostephanus yo from France, on display at Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris.
Intervals Kimmeridgian

Fossil shell of Aulacostephanus yo from France, on display at Gallery of Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy, Paris.

France fossil anatomy
The GSSP for the Hirnantian stage in the ICS geological timescale (uppermost Ordovician stage), located in the Wangjiawan profile (an outcrop of black shale, brownishly weathered siliceous shale and chert layers of the Wufeng Formation) along the G241 road, about 40 km north of Yichang, Hubei, China. An exact golden spike is missing in the profile (2025) but a memorial plague marks the place. The GSSP occurs at the first appearance of fossils of the graptolite species Normalograptus extraordinarius. It was ratified in 2006.

The GSSP for the Hirnantian stage in the ICS geological timescale (uppermost Ordovician stage), located in the Wangjiawan profile (an outcrop of black shale, brownishly weathered siliceous shale and chert layers of the Wufeng Formation) along the G241 road, about 40 km north of Yichang, Hubei, China. An exact golden spike is missing in the profile (2025) but a memorial plague marks the place. The GSSP occurs at the first appearance of fossils of the graptolite species Normalograptus extraordinarius. It was ratified in 2006.

China Hirnantian Ordovician fossil +1
Crioceratites fabreae fossils on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

Crioceratites fabreae fossils on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

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Crioceratites duvali fossil on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

Crioceratites duvali fossil on display at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.

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“Sternberger Kuchen” (“Sternberg cake”), a large late Pleistocene glaciofluvial pebble of a highly fossiliferous, shallow marine sandstone of the North German Paleogene (Sülstorf beds, formerly known as “Sternberg rock”, Chattian, Oligocene, about 25 million years old). The fossil content is mainly made up of mollusks (pelecypods, gastropods, scaphopods). Provenance: Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northeast Germany.

“Sternberger Kuchen” (“Sternberg cake”), a large late Pleistocene glaciofluvial pebble of a highly fossiliferous, shallow marine sandstone of the North German Paleogene (Sülstorf beds, formerly known as “Sternberg rock”, Chattian, Oligocene, about 25 million years old). The fossil content is mainly made up of mollusks (pelecypods, gastropods, scaphopods). Provenance: Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Northeast Germany.

Germany Chattian Late Pleistocene Oligocene +3
Fossil of Cainotherium, an extinct mammal https://hdl.handle.net/21.12123/66925 in ferruginous rock of Oligocene (Chattian) age from Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany - Took the photo at Museon museum, Den Haag
Intervals Chattian

Fossil of Cainotherium, an extinct mammal https://hdl.handle.net/21.12123/66925 in ferruginous rock of Oligocene (Chattian) age from Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany - Took the photo at Museon museum, Den Haag

museum Germany Chattian Oligocene +1
A fossil tree from the Coal Creek region, Fruitland Formation, latest Cretaceous (Late Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico

A fossil tree from the Coal Creek region, Fruitland Formation, latest Cretaceous (Late Campanian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico

Mexico Fruitland Campanian Cretaceous +2
Glyptostrobus europaeus fossil leaves of Burdigalian stage in the early Miocene epoch, from a brown coal mine in Bilina, Czech Republic.

Glyptostrobus europaeus fossil leaves of Burdigalian stage in the early Miocene epoch, from a brown coal mine in Bilina, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic Burdigalian Miocene fossil
Brachipotherium aurelianense, from Rubí. Fossils. Collection of paleontology of the Geological Museum of the Barcelona Seminari (Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona).

Brachipotherium aurelianense, from Rubí. Fossils. Collection of paleontology of the Geological Museum of the Barcelona Seminari (Museu Geològic del Seminari de Barcelona).

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Ficus truncata fossil leaf from the early Miocene epoch 20 Ma, of the Třetihorní flóra from Bílina, Czech Republic.

Ficus truncata fossil leaf from the early Miocene epoch 20 Ma, of the Třetihorní flóra from Bílina, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic Miocene fossil
Comptonia acutiloba fossil leaves from the early Miocene epoch 20 Ma, of the Třetihorní flóra from Bílina, Czech Republic.

Comptonia acutiloba fossil leaves from the early Miocene epoch 20 Ma, of the Třetihorní flóra from Bílina, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic Miocene fossil
Berberis berberidifolia fossil leaf of Burdigalian stage in the early Miocene epoch, from a brown coal mine in Bilina, Czech Republic.
Intervals Burdigalian

Berberis berberidifolia fossil leaf of Burdigalian stage in the early Miocene epoch, from a brown coal mine in Bilina, Czech Republic.

Czech Republic Burdigalian Miocene fossil
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Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials
Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials
Australia Miocene fossil new species
Paleontologists at the University of New South Wales have described a new genus and species of dasyurid marsupial from the Early Miocene of Australia, offering the first solid evidence that the family Dasyuridae -- which today includes quolls, Tasmanian devils and tiny antechinuses -- existed long before scientists had proof of it in the fossil record. The post Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
24/07/2026 sci-news
Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins
Egypt fossil human origin
A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged. Analyses place it closer to living apes than any known East African species of the same age, pointing to North Africa and the Middle East as a possible birthplace and crossroads for the ape lineage that eventually produced gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.
24/07/2026 sciencedaily
New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils
Japan fossil discovery new species
Fossils discovered in Japan more than two decades ago have finally been identified as a new genus and species of giant salamander. Limnospondylus ajimuensis lived around 3.5 million years ago in a warmer, wetter Kyushu and may have reached 1.1 meters in length. Its discovery hints that many more unknown giant salamanders could be hiding among fossils previously given the wrong classification.
24/07/2026 sciencedaily-paleo
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three
Brazil fossil
Paleontologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossil snake in Brazil that is reshaping ideas about how the earliest snakes lived and complicating the long-running debate over whether their ancestors burrowed underground, swam in the sea or crawled the surface. The post Did Early Snakes Burrow, Swim or Crawl? 80‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossil Suggests: All Three appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
24/07/2026 sci-news
Ancient ferns turned Triassic Europe into a wildfire inferno
Triassic fossil extinction
Ancient fern savannahs may have transformed parts of Europe into a wildfire-prone inferno during the end-Triassic mass extinction. New fossil evidence suggests the ferns repeatedly regrew after fires, creating fresh fuel that helped prolong the devastation.
22/07/2026 sciencedaily
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