In a new study, published in New Phytologist, researchers, led by Knecht, describe an endophytic trace fossil found on a Carboniferous seed-fern leaf that represents the earliest indication of ...

The fossil belongs to an ancient relative ... uncovered the fossil imprint at Tirap colliery in Assam’s Makum coalfields, amid blasting and rumbling machinery. The team used leaf anatomy ...

helping scientists understand what species existed in ancient times. A fossilised giant trapdoor spider was recently found in New South Wales, while in Los Angeles a megalodon shark fossil was ...

Coal balls are unlike any other assemblage within the fossil record because they give us cellular resolution, allowing us to analyze ancient life ... transformations. Leaf miner trails are often ...

on each half is an imprint of an extinct conifer leaf in exquisite detail. The neatly typed tag identifies it as Cordaites borassifolius and credits “J. Wittry.” A fossil hunter found all ...

uncovered behaviors and species previously undocumented in the monument's fossil record, including: “These tracks offer a rare window into ancient ecosystems,” Nicholas Famoso, the monument ...

Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved fossil skeleton of this newly identified species, named Skiphosoura bavarica, in a discovery that fills a major gap in the understanding of the evolution ...