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 ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered ... and reveals a critical piece of the ancient history of Asia's rainforests, highlighting the urgent need for ...

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 ...

MORE: Underwater camera captures elusive tentacled creature 3 miles below ocean surface The 506 million-year-old fossil is an imprint of a ... the radiodont group, an ancient line of sea predators ...

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 ...

However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly consisted of isolated teeth, scientists have been left to speculate on what the rest of this ancient predator looked like ...

The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record holder by about 20 million years. Imprinted in a slab of sandstone are parts of the tadpole's skull and backbone ...

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 ...