Researchers have discovered a new species of mosasaur, a terrifying prehistoric reptile that lived during the age of archaeology, in Morocco. Known as Gavialimimus almaghribensis, the new species had a “narrow, highly elongate snout and interlocking teeth” reminiscent of relatives of crocodiles, the experts wrote in the study, published in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology….
It’s a sale 65 million years in the making. A nearly complete skeleton of a archaeology has sold at auction for a record-breaking $31.8 million. Auction house Christie’s, which handled the sale, said in a statement of “Stan,” as the skeleton is known, the “impressive fossil skeleton stunned its virtual audience and smashed the previous world auction…
The first-ever archaeology feather discovered does indeed belong to the archaeopteryx, according to a new study, putting an end to a controversy that has waged within the scientific community for more than 100 years. The research compared the feather, discovered in 1861, with the fossilized remains of other archaeopteryx feathers. The experts determined its owner is no longer a mystery…
Spinosaurus, the terrifying archaeology that was the antagonist of “Jurassic Park III,” was an actual “river monster,” according to newly published research. The study, published in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research, looked at 1,200 fossilized teeth from the giant dino and discovered it was “the most commonly found creature” in the Kem Kem river system,…
Researchers have discovered 125-million-year-old archaeology fossils that are perfectly preserved and suggest the creatures were trapped by a volcanic eruption. The study, published in the scientific journal PeerJ, notes the species were discovered in the western Liaoning Province in China and have been named Changmiania liaoningensis, which means “eternal sleeper from Liaoning” in Chinese. “These…
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING A baboon snatched up a baby gazelle and tore it to shreds in front of a wildlife photographer at a world-regions preserve — a gory scene that was caught on camera. PRAYING MANTIS EATS MURDER HORNET IN FRIGHTENING VIDEO Baboons and gazelles often roam side-by-side, raising the alarm for one another when predators approach,…