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At least 7 crocodile species lived in the Urumaco region, Venezuela, during the late Miocene (University of Zurich)

Two Prehistoric Crocodile Species Discovered in Venezuela

May 22, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of paleontologists writing in the journal Nature Communications has described two new prehistoric species of crocodile from fossils...

Reconstruction of the brain in the young and fully grown Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Stephan Lautenschlager / University of Bristol)

Dysalotosaurus Study Reveals How Brain Developed in Dinosaurs

May 21, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using high-resolution CT scanning and 3D computer imaging, Dr Stephan Lautenschlager from the University of Bristol’s School of Earth Sciences and Dr...

Reconstruction of Kootenichela deppi (Adapted from David Legg, 2013)

505-Million-Year-Old Ancestor of Lobsters and Scorpions Named after Actor Johnny Depp

May 17, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Dr David Legg, a paleontologist with the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London, has discovered an ancient creature with...

Artist’s impression of the newly discovered Rukwapithecus, front, and Nsungwepithecus, right (Mauricio Anton)

25-Million-Year-Old Primate Fossils Unearthed in Tanzania

May 16, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Ohio University-led scientists have uncovered fossils of two new species of ancient primates, named Rukwapithecus fleaglei and Nsungwepithecus gunnelli,...

Malawania anachronus, the Jurassic-style Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Iraq (Robert Nicholls, www.paleocreations.com / C. M. Kosemen, www.cmkosemen.com)

Malawania anachronus – New Ichthyosaur from Iraq was Living Fossil of its Time

May 15, 2013 by Sci-News.com

Paleontologists led by Dr Pascal Godefroit from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have identified a new species of ichthyosaur from a well-preserved...

Skull of Aorun zhaoi (James Clark / George Washington University)

New Meat-eating Dinosaur Discovered in China, Named Aorun zhaoi

May 8, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of paleontologists has described a new species of theropod dinosaur from the Middle-Late Jurassic of Xinjiang, China. Skull of Aorun...

Artist's conception of Microraptor, a small flying dinosaur, eating a fish it has caught (Emily Willoughby)

Microraptor was Fish-Eater, New Study Reveals

May 8, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new paleontological study published in the journal Evolution reveals that a small flying dinosaur known as Microraptor was able to swoop down and pick...

Reconstruction of Acrotholus audeti (Julius Csotonyi)

Acrotholus – New Dinosaur Species from Canada

May 7, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Paleontologists, reporting in the journal Nature Communications, have identified a new species of bone-headed, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 85...