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A 168-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bone Sheds Light on a Hidden Evolutionary Era
In a wind-swept stretch of Morocco’s Middle Atlas Mountains, paleontologists digging through Jurassic-era stone have ...
Albert Lea Tribune12h
Fascinated by fossils, Blue Earth man builds a science museum bone by bone
By Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio News A small storefront on Main Street in Blue Earth has been home to many ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN8d
Discovery of Organic Molecules in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones Shakes Up Paleontology
Paleontologists have long assumed that fossilization destroys all organic molecules in ancient remains. However, a ...
MPR News2d
Fascinated by fossils, Minnesota man builds a small-town science museum bone by bone
Jim Pollard has loved fossil collecting since he was a kid. Now 70, he’s opened a natural history museum in a Blue Earth ...
PBS6y
Becoming a Fossil:
Land animals and plants usually decomposed or were eaten, and mainly the hard parts -- teeth, bones, shells, or wood -- were preserved. Fossils can be formed in several ways. Buried bone and shell ...
The Scientist5y
New Mammal Fossil May Show How Ear Bones Evolved from Jaw Bones
Anewly discovered mammal fossil may give clues to how bones in the middle ear evolved from jaw bones, according to a study published in Science yesterday (December 5). The malleus, incus, and ...
EurekAlert!3mon
Fossil faeces of the bone-crushing archosaur Smok, with a Smok reconstruction in the background. (IMAGE)
Large coprolite with fish remains: A coprolite fragment densely packed with fish bones, likely produced by the phytosaur Paleorhinus. Fossil faeces of the bone-crushing archosaur Smok, ...