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1. Open Access Trilobite Papers 1993–2024 1 2 3 4 23

   By piranha, January 4, 2013   

   • 1993–2024
   • citations
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   • 559 replies
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   • piranha
   • Tuesday at 03:56 PM

2. Trilobite Papers 1762–2023: Years in Review 1 2

   By piranha, December 15, 2017   

   • 17،214 citations
   • 1762–2023
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   • Coco
   • January 2

3. “Ugly” Fossil Places Extinct Saber-Toothed Cat on Texas Coast

   By Oxytropidoceras, 16 hours ago   

   • Beaumont
   • beaumont formation
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     • Gulf of Mexico
     • Homotherium
     • maxilla
     • Mcfaddin Beach
     • pleistocene
     • premaxilla
     • saber tooth
     • Texas
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   • Oxytropidoceras
   • 16 hours ago

4. Most complete Stegosaurus "Apex" is about to be sold at an auction

   By Brevicollis, Thursday at 07:01 PM   

   • Auction
   • Sold
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     • Stegosaurus apex
   • 8 replies
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   • rocket
   • Friday at 08:38 AM

5. Ptychodus is a lamniform 1 2

   By ThePhysicist, April 25   

   • lamniform
   • lamniformes
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   • 26 replies
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   • LSCHNELLE
   • Thursday at 05:06 PM

6. Chile returns fossils to Morocco

   By Josesaurus rex, May 15   

   • Chile
   • Custom office
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     • Custom office
     • customs
     • heritage conservation
     • Morrocco
     • Repatriation
     • return
   • 13 replies
   • 379 views
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   • Tidgy's Dad
   • May 27

7. Echidnapus

   By Tidgy's Dad, May 27   

   • Australia
   • echidna
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     • echidna
     • Echidnapus
     • momotremes
     • opalios
     • opalios splendens
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     • platypus
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   • 64 views
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   • Tidgy's Dad
   • May 27

8. New Spiny Arachnid Fossil Found.

   By SPrice, May 27   

   • Arachnid
   • Article with pic
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   • 2 replies
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   • SPrice
   • May 27

9. Surprise Discovery in Morocco Reveals Earliest Known Ancestor of Scorpions And Spiders

   By Oxytropidoceras, May 27   

   • Euchelicerata
   • Fezouata Shale
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     • morocco
     • Ordovician
     • Setapedites
     • synziphosurines
     • Tremadocian
   • 1 reply
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   • Tidgy's Dad
   • May 27

10. Illinois coal forests home to unique arachnid with spiny legs

    By Oxytropidoceras, May 27   

    • arachnid
    • Carboniferous
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      • Mazon Creek
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • May 27

11. Wolf

    By Shellseeker, May 17   

    • argentinan
    • Canid
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      • Chrysocyon brachyurus
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    • 1 reply
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    • Balance
    • May 17

12. Moroccan Stegosaur.

    By Tidgy's Dad, April 30   

    • morocco
    • stegosaur
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    • 4 replies
    • 358 views
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    • DD1991
    • May 12

13. Wow!! This is the best ever new fossil news....IMHO! Fresh Update below!

    By SPrice, May 6   

    • Archaeopteryx
    • Chicago Field museum
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      • Chicago Field museum
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    • 18 replies
    • 491 views
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    • SPrice
    • May 11

14. Teachers find fossils of extinct hippo-like mammals on the Oregon Coast

    By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

    • desmostylians
    • Desmostylus
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      • Miocene
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    • 2 replies
    • 349 views
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    • Missourian
    • May 10

15. Hominid fossil found in travertine floor tile during kitchen renovation

    By Oxytropidoceras, April 23   

    • floor tile
    • Hominid
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      • turkey
    • 6 replies
    • 410 views
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    • Missourian
    • April 29
16. • New Members

    80 ft. Ichthyosaur?

    By nerdsforprez, April 18   

    • Ichthysoaur
    • Marine Reptile
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    • • New Members
    • 1 reply
    • 318 views
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    • Randyw
    • April 18

17. Paleontologists Redescribe Enigmatic Dwarf Pareiasaur, South Africa

    By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

    • dinosurs
    • Nanoparia
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    • 313 views
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • April 12

18. Some Triassic ‘Dinosaur Bones’ Belonged to Giant Ichthyosaurs, Paleontologists Argue

    By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

    • Bonenburg
    • Europe
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      • giant ichthyosaur hypothesis
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      • labyrinthodontia
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    • 0 replies
    • 289 views
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • April 12

19. Ancient Trilobites Had Crystal Eyes

    By Denis Arcand, March 31   

    • trilobites
    • trilobites mozaic images
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    • 8 replies
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    • Darktooth
    • April 1

20. Kermit Immortalized

    By Kane, March 21   

    • amphibian
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    • 8 replies
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    • jdp
    • March 24

21. Machine learning identifies possible Deltadromeus tooth

    By BirdsAreDinosaurs, March 13   

    • abelisauridae
    • carcharodontosauridae
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      • noasauridae
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    • 3 replies
    • 527 views
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    • JoeS
    • March 15

22. World's earliest fossilised forest discovered in Minehead, Somerset, England

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 8   

    • calamophyton
    • devonian
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      • fossil forests
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      • hangman sandstone formation
      • minehead
      • somerset
    • 2 replies
    • 485 views
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    • Tidgy's Dad
    • March 14

23. Peabody Reopens 3/26

    By FB003, March 12   

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    • 3 replies
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    • rocket
    • March 12

24. Anthropocene. Yes or no? The ongoing story.

    By Ludwigia, March 6   

    • anthropocene
    • no
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    • 7 replies
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    • FranzBernhard
    • March 9

25. Mary Anning: Stamps celebrating pioneering fossil hunter revealed

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 8   

    • dorset coast
    • mary anning
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      • palaeontologists
      • philately
      • postage stamps
      • royal mail
      • stamps
    • 0 replies
    • 397 views
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • March 8