Tag: Palaeontology
Eyre Peninsula older than previously thought
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It has emerged that SA's Eyre Peninsula is at least half a billion years older than previously thought. [MORE]
Extinct penguin species discovered
Scientists from the University of Adelaide are part of a team which has discovered evidence of a penguin species that lived in New Zealand 500 years ago.[MORE]
Pilbara rocks could hold clues to Earth's origin
Western Australia's Pilbara region continues to yield tantalising clues on the origin of Earth's life forms.[MORE]
Bird the size of plane found near London
Scientists have revealed the existence of a huge bird with bony teeth and wings spanning five metres, that once swooped over the wetlands of southern England 50 million years ago. [MORE]
500yo moa on show in Melbourne
A 500-year-old skeleton of the world's largest extinct flightless bird is on show at Melbourne University today.[MORE]
T-Rex ancestor unearthed in Poland
Palaeontologists digging in a brickyard in southern Poland have discovered the remains of a dinosaur they say is a previously unknown ancestor of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.[MORE]
Scientists question dinosaur soft tissue find
Soft tissue taken from preserved dinosaur bones may not be dinosaur protein at all, but bacteria, palaeontologists say.[MORE]
Dinosaur treasure trove unearthed in Utah
A major haul of dinosaur fossils has been unearthed at a site in the western US state of Utah, officials said.[MORE]
Cape Otway fossil find challenges Gondwana theory
A dinosaur bone discovered in Cape Otway, south-west of Melbourne, has defied prevailing wisdom about how the world's continents separated from a super-continent millions of years ago, a new study said.[MORE]
More 'Cooper' bones unearthed in Qld
A two-week dinosaur dig in south-western Queensland has unearthed more bones from Australia's largest dinosaur 'Cooper'. [MORE]
Aussie scientists find world's oldest fossil mum
Aussie scientists find fish fossil which is the oldest evidence of a live birth. [MORE]
Stinking seas not to blame for mass extinctions: scientists
Scientists say they have ruled out a key hypothesis to explain Earth's greatest extinction, when 95 per cent of marine species and 70 per cent of land species were wiped out.[MORE]
Fossil sea monster biggest of its kind
The fossil of a 15 metre long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science, with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car. The 150 million-year-old pliosaur, a fierce marine reptile, was about five metres longer than the previous pliosaur record holder found in Australia. Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in Oslo Joern Hurum, led the expedition to dig up the fossil on the archipelago of Svalbard 1,300 kilometres from the North Pole.[MORE]
'Devil frog' may have eaten baby dinosaurs
US scientists say they have discovered a bulky amphibian dubbed the "devil frog" that lived 65 million to 70 million years ago and was so nasty it may have eaten newborn dinosaurs.[MORE]
Two new flesh-eating dinosaurs discovered in Niger
Researchers say two strange, new flesh-eating dinosaurs which hunted the rich forests of Africa some 110 million years ago have been unearthed in Niger.[MORE]
French team lends support to Pilbara microbe study
Claims that microbial life began on Earth billions of years ago have been given support from a French team which drilled into mysterious layers of spongey rock in Western Australia.[MORE]
Roos broke into a gallop, not a hop: study
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Scientists believe that all prehistoric kangaroos galloped on all fours.[MORE]
Killer dinosaurs breathed like birds: study
Small, fast-moving carnivorous dinosaurs had air-sac respiratory systems similar to modern-day penguins and other diving birds, scientists reported.[MORE]
Velociraptor had feathers: study
The velociraptor, the fierce scaly-skinned dinosaur made popular by the film Jurassic Park, actually had feathers, according to a study published in the journal Science.[MORE]
Blundering diplomats destroy $US10m whale fossil
European diplomats in four-wheel drives have caused millions of dollars worth of damage to a fossilised whale lying for millions of years in the Egyptian desert, a security source said.[MORE]
Scientists find ancient marsupial jaw bone in Blue Mountains
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a jaw bone belonging to one of the largest known extinct marsupials.[MORE]
Scientists salivating over baby mammoth find
The discovery of a baby mammoth preserved in the Russian permafrost gives researchers their best chance yet to build a genetic map of a species extinct since the Ice Age, a Russian scientist says. [MORE]
Ethiopia unveils new find of ancient fossils
Ethiopian scientists say they have discovered hominid fossil fragments dating from between 3.5 million and 3.8 million years ago in what could fill a crucial gap in the understanding of human evolution. [MORE]
Palaeontologist tells of 'amazing' megafauna skeleton discovery
A Perth palaeontologist whose research may have shattered the myth about why Australia's megafauna became extinct says the study is far from over.[MORE]
Fossil sites in SA, Vic heritage listed
An ancient fossil site in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia has been added to the National Heritage List.[MORE]
