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

   By piranha, January 4, 2013   

   • 1993–2024
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   • piranha
   • Thursday at 08:42 PM

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

   By piranha, December 15, 2017   

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   • Coco
   • January 2

3. 80 ft. Ichthyosaur?

   By nerdsforprez, Thursday at 01:58 PM   

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   • Randyw
   • Thursday at 03:42 PM

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

   By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

   • desmostylians
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     • Miocene
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   • Shellseeker
   • April 13

5. Paleontologists Redescribe Enigmatic Dwarf Pareiasaur, South Africa

   By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

   • dinosurs
   • Nanoparia
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   • Oxytropidoceras
   • April 12

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

   By Oxytropidoceras, April 12   

   • Bonenburg
   • Europe
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   • Oxytropidoceras
   • April 12

7. Ancient Trilobites Had Crystal Eyes

   By Denis Arcand, March 31   

   • trilobites
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   • Darktooth
   • April 1

8. Kermit Immortalized

   By Kane, March 21   

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   • 8 replies
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   • jdp
   • March 24

9. Machine learning identifies possible Deltadromeus tooth

   By BirdsAreDinosaurs, March 13   

   • abelisauridae
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   • 3 replies
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   • JoeS
   • March 15

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

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 8   

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    • 2 replies
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    • Tidgy's Dad
    • March 14

11. Peabody Reopens 3/26

    By FB003, March 12   

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    • rocket
    • March 12

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

    By Ludwigia, March 6   

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    • FranzBernhard
    • March 9

13. Mary Anning: Stamps celebrating pioneering fossil hunter revealed

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 8   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • March 8

14. Scientists take a step closer to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 8   

    • de-extinction
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • March 8

15. New articulated titanosaur skeleton discovered in French bone bed.

    By JBkansas, March 7   

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    • rocket
    • March 7

16. Scientists reveal how first cells could have formed on Earth

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 5   

    • origin of life
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    • 1 reply
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    • rocket
    • March 6

17. Famous fossil turns out to be fake

    By Randyw, February 16   

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    • digit
    • March 6

18. Losing their tails provided our ape ancestors with an evolutionary advantage

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 5   

    • bipedalism
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    • JBkansas
    • March 5

19. Amateur Paleontologist and His Dog Uncover Rare Titanosaur Fossil in France

    By Oxytropidoceras, March 5   

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    • 1 reply
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    • SPrice
    • March 5

20. Pliosaur: museum appeals for help excavating sea monster

    By citronkitten, February 22   

    • dorset
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    • Jaybot
    • March 5

21. An odd new genus and species of Maastrichtian mosasaur: Khinjaria acuta

    By Jared C, March 3   

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    • LeeB
    • March 4

22. New Dino news

    By SPrice, February 28   

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    • lormouth
    • February 29

23. A remarkable marine archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China

    By Oxytropidoceras, February 24   

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    • 3 replies
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    • SPrice
    • February 24

24. Hunt for the oldest DNA

    By Lone Hunter, February 22   

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    • Lone Hunter
    • February 22

25. A new small duckbilled dinosaur from Morocco, Couche III

    By Oxytropidoceras, February 21   

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      • oulad abdoun basin
      • phosphates
    • 0 replies
    • 254 views
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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • February 21