Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a giant turtle species with some striking features, such as its shape, that lived tens of millions of years ago in South America. The research team found ...
The prehistoric turtle may have reached a total body length of around 5 feet, according to paleontologists. Paleontologists have uncovered fossils of a giant turtle species with some striking features ...
Paleontologists have discovered giant tortoise fossils in Colombia dating back some 57 million years, the university leading the excavation said, with the findings key to understanding South America's ...
The way that turtles evolved into their modern form, with a shell fused to their skeleton and a beaklike face without teeth, has been described as “one of evolution’s most enduring puzzles”.
A natural history museum in the eastern Japanese prefecture of Gunma says dolphin fossils in its possession are those of a new species of the Yangtze river dolphin family. It says they are the oldest ...
A new species of ancient turtle that swam the shores of Europe millions of years ago may have been one of the largest sea turtles to have ever lived, scientists have said. Fossilised remains of ...
A 127 million-year-old fossil of a side-necked turtle, the first found to have lived in the UK, has been discovered on the Isle of Wight. The fossil has been nicknamed 'Burby' after enthusiast Steve ...
A reproduction of the skull belonging to Mrs Ples, whose fossilised remains were discovered in a South African cave in 1947 Fossilised remains belonging to some of humanity's oldest ancestors are ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — The earliest dinosaurs had rapid growth rates, but so did many of the other animals living alongside them, according to a new ... DNA Study IDs Descendants of George Washington ...