charring auh#Sturgeon” is the common name for the 27 species of fish belonging to the family Acipenseridae. The earliest sturgeon fossils date to the Late #Cretaceous, and are descended from other, earlier
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐El Dsungaripterus weii fue un pterosaurio del Cretácico temprano, de unos 3-3,5 m de envergadura, que buscaba su alimento entre el barro en zonas acuáticas de interior. Gracias a su pico curvo, sacaba a criaturas entre las rocas, masticando con facilidad su caparazón gracias a sus dientes. 📷Connor Ashbridge #cretacico #cretaceous
Plazi Species#NewSpecies!
New grasshopper from the lower cretaceous in #brazil just came in:
Cratomastax mariellaae
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C188DEF-A3D0-59AC-A2DC-80C02B7A2211
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.76.e173923
#ContributionsToEntomology #CratomastaxMariellaae
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fauna #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #orthoptera #grasshopper #fossils #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology #cretaceous
Stefan F. WirthRE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/116142939438774146
What #amber #fossils can tell us about the early evolution of animal groups. Authors Hong-Yu Li et al. (2023) discovered several new genera and new species of #Mantispoidea from mid-#Cretaceous #Kachin #amber (#Myanmar). The new finds come from the still existing taxa Berothidae, Rhachiberothidae, Dipteromantispidae and Mantispidae. In the mid-Cretaceous #Rhachiberothidae e.g. were much more abundant and thus such fundings offer more insights into early #evolutionaryscenarios.
© StefanFWirth
David GraylessHongshanornis is a #genus of #ornithuromorph birds known from early #Cretaceous lake deposits of the #YixianFormation, #InnerMongolia, #China. The holotype specimen, recovered in 2005, is currently held by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing. It was found in the Jianshangou fossil beds, dated to 124.6 million years ago. Three additional specimens have been reported, though only one of those has been definitively identified as belonging to Hongshanornis.
BlogorgonopsidNový druh spinosaura, "volavka z pekla", Spinosaurus mirabilis, byl popsán v článku vydaném 19. února 2026 ve vědeckém časopise Science. Vybaveno nasálním hřebínkem, toto zvíře se určitě docela lišilo od druhu Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. Více o něm v nejnovějším příspěvku na blogu Blogorgonopsid!
#spinosaurus #mirabilis #paleontology #science #newspecies #dinosaurs #cretaceous #prehistory #fossil #discovery
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2026/02/predstavuje-se-spinosaurus-mirabilis.html
A new species of Spinosaurus, "a heron from hell", Spinosauurs mirabilis, was described in an article published on 19th February 2026 in the scientific journal Science. Equipped with a nasal crest, this beast was certainly quite different from Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. More about it in the newest post on Blogorgonopsid!
#spinosaurus #mirabilis #paleontology #science #newspecies #dinosaurs #cretaceous #prehistory #fossil #discovery
https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2026/02/predstavuje-se-spinosaurus-mirabilis.html
El Tetrapodophis amplectus se ha postulado como un posible ancestro con patas de las serpientes. No hay consenso, pero además pudo ser un dolicosaurido o relacionado con los mosasaurios, es decir, reptiles acuáticos, por lo que estos también podrían ser ancestros de las serpientes. 📷Julius Csotonyi #Cretacico #cretaceous
Bob Nicholls ArtToday's marine reptile artwork features Platecarpus hunting Enchodus. It was commissioned by the The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 2021.
#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt #Platecarpus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Enchodus #Cretaceous #JurassicWorld #Alt4Me #FossilFriday
El ornitópodo de Vegagete (Foskeia pelendornum) fue un rhabdodóntido del Cretácico temprano (125-113 MdA) con apenas 60 cm de longitud y 30 cm de altura. Esto lo aproximaría al Microraptor zhaoianus, que conserva el título de dinosaurio más pequeño.📷Christian Pérez #cretacico #cretaceous
