fossils

‘I’ve never seen anything like this before’ – Unusual 550-million-year-old fossil solves paleontological paradox

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A groundbreaking discovery of a 550-million-year-old sea sponge fossil provides new insights into sponge evolution and guides future fossil research. Reconstructed life position of Helicolocellus in the Ediacaran sea floor. Credit: Yuan Xunlai The research provides new insights into early animal evolution. Researchers led by Shuhai Xiao at Virginia Tech have discovered a 550-million-year-old sea … Read more

Paleontologists discover fossils of new species of crocodile-like reptile that lived 237 million years ago

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Paleontologists have discovered a new species of ancient crocodile-like reptile that once roamed the lands and waters of Brazil. The fossils, found at a fossiliferous locality called “Linha Várzea 2” in southern Brazil, have now been named Parvosuchus aurelioi, an ancient new species of small predatory reptile dating back to approximately 237 million years ago, … Read more