A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life | Quanta Magazine

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the Cambrian explosion, with half of the species uncovered being new to science.

Quanta Magazine
A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life | Quanta Magazine

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the Cambrian explosion, with half of the species uncovered being new to science.

Quanta Magazine

The rise and expansion of reef systems in the Indo-Pacific during the warm and CO2 high Miocene (and decline in the aftermath) will never stop being puzzling to me. Now we have evidence that it also had the biodiversity effects expected.

Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec7264

#reefs #Miocene #biodiversity #paleontology

#paleontology and yours truly in the worldโ€™s biggest English language newspaper! People really seem to urgently need to know where their backyard was in the Jurassic ๐Ÿ˜€ who would have thought that in 2026 #continentaldrift would enthrall the public? ๐Ÿ˜„ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/this-tool-shows-where-your-home-was-when-dinosaurs-roamed-earth-over-230-million-years-ago/articleshow/130718380.cms #geology #tectonics
This tool shows where your home was when dinosaurs roamed Earth over 230 million years ago | - The Times of India

Science News: Discover how NASA's Paleolatitude.org tool reveals the ancient positions of locations like your home or backyard when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, enhancing our understanding of biodiversity and climate change.

The Times of India
A dinosaur skull from a member of the species Irritator challengeri is leaving Stuttgart and heading home to #Brazil. This article includes the WHY?! of this dinosaur's name. ๐Ÿงช #paleontology #dinosaurs www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

German museum to return rare I...
German museum to return rare Irritator dinosaur skull to Brazil

Spinosaur fossil bought by Stuttgart institution in 1991 has been the subject of a long restitution campaign

The Guardian
A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the Story of Early Life | Quanta Magazine

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the Cambrian explosion, with half of the species uncovered being new to science.

Quanta Magazine
300-million-year-old sea creature mistaken for the worldโ€™s oldest octopus

A famous 300-million-year-old โ€œoctopusโ€ fossil was actually a nautiloid, hidden by decay before fossilization.

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75-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals New Species of Hamster-Sized Mammal From the Age of Dinosaurs. Via @discover.magazine #paleontology

75-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rev...