A rock sat in a school for years. Scientists say it’s a fossil jackpot.
A paleontologist discovered dinosaur footprints in the roughly 200 million year old boulder, which was donated to an ...
These discarded objects will form humanity’s lasting geological footprint, paleontologists say
Manufactured objects will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to human existence, paleontologist authors ...
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
While researchers knew the 1.5-meter-long (about 5-foot-long) slab was around 200 million years old and home to an abundance ...
Scientists are pleading for more help at southern Utah fossil site. Here’s what they’ve found so far.
Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...
'Inside out' fossil reveals a new species with a perfectly preserved interior
A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" ...
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Vulture fossil reveals that volcanic rock can preserve feathers
A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...
A Mysterious Rock Sat in a School for 20 Years. Nobody Realized It Was Hiding 66 Dinosaur Footprints.
Each of the 66 total prints features three toes, indicating they belong to the ichnospecies Anomoepus scambus— a small ...
This rock slab contains prints from 47 dinosaurs. It was on display at a high school.
Paleontologist Anthony Romilio looked at three rock slabs bearing footprints. Most of the footprints come from one slab, ...
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A Forgotten Boulder in a School Office Turned Out to Have 66 Dinosaur Footprints from 200 Million Years Ago
For more than 20 years, a simple white slab sat in the main office of Biloela State High School, blending into the background ...
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Paleontologists Stumble Across 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossils That Are So Well Preserved, Their Last Meals Are Intact
Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...
Radioisotopic ages of newly discovered fossil sites hold clues to evolution of mammals
Anatolia, the western part of modern-day Turkey that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, is a fossil-rich ...
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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
During the extraction of the overlying rock, which spans many miles and dates to the Early Jurassic period, fossil footprints such as these can be found. “There are definitely many more fossils ...