Fossil experts say they have gained unprecedented insights into a type of enormous prehistoric shark, after finding complete skeletons of the creatures. The specimens, discovered…
View More ‘An enigma’: scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked likeTag: Fossils
Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western India
Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at…
View More Fossil of ‘largest snake to have ever existed’ found in western IndiaScientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the Frog
After achieving worldwide fame through numerous hit films and TV shows, leading to a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, Kermit the Frog has another…
View More Scientists name newly discovered ancient amphibian species after Kermit the FrogI discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now I’m nearly 80 and still going strong
My interest in fossils began at the age of 10 in my back garden in Glastonbury, Somerset, where I discovered ammonites. With hindsight, it wasn’t…
View More I discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now I’m nearly 80 and still going strongThe 280m-year-old fossil reptile that turned out to be a forgery
Generations of palaeontologists have marvelled over a 280m-year-old fossilised lizard-like reptile, Tridentinosaurus antiquus, discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931. Thought to be one of…
View More The 280m-year-old fossil reptile that turned out to be a forgeryPlant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’
Two small, oval fossils thought to be prehistoric plants are actually the remains of baby marine turtles, researchers have revealed. The fossils, found in rocks…
View More Plant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’Oldest species of swimming jellyfish discovered in 505m-year-old fossils
The oldest species of swimming jellyfish ever recorded has been discovered in 505m-year-old fossils, scientists have said. The fossils were found at Burgess Shale in…
View More Oldest species of swimming jellyfish discovered in 505m-year-old fossils‘Not always king’: fossil shows mammal sinking teeth into dinosaur
Whether they had sharp teeth, vicious claws or were simply enormous, dinosaurs were creatures to be feared. But a newly identified fossil shows that, at…
View More ‘Not always king’: fossil shows mammal sinking teeth into dinosaurIsle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species
Fossilised remains from the Isle of Wight have been identified as a new dinosaur species that has been named after a palaeontologist at the London’s…
View More Isle of Wight fossilised remains identified as new dinosaur species‘Mega Chonk’: palaeontologists find fossil from largest skink – the size of a human arm
A skink as big as a human arm has been comically dubbed the Mega Chonk after its bones were found alongside other blasts from the…
View More ‘Mega Chonk’: palaeontologists find fossil from largest skink – the size of a human arm