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1. Hunt for the oldest DNA

   By Lone Hunter, February 22   

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   • Lone Hunter
   • February 22

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

   By Oxytropidoceras, February 21   

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   • Oxytropidoceras
   • February 21

3. First dinosaur described 200 years ago today!

   By Wrangellian, February 20   

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   • rocket
   • February 20

4. Fossilized skin of Tridentinosaurus found to be modern paint

   By Oxytropidoceras, February 17   

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   • rocket
   • February 17

5. New British pliosaur skull revealed 1 2

   By pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon, December 10, 2023   

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   • jpc
   • February 16

6. New Dinosaurs From Morocco.

   By Tidgy's Dad, February 14   

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   • North
   • February 14

7. Some interesting fossil news

   By SPrice, February 12   

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   • February 12

8. Footprints of birds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs near the K/Pg boundary, Las Encinas Formation, Coahuila, Mexico.

   By Oxytropidoceras, February 11   

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   • Oxytropidoceras
   • February 11

9. A Cretaceous frog with eggs found in northwestern China

   By Oxytropidoceras, February 10   

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   • Lone Hunter
   • February 10

10. Weird ancient tree from before dinosaurs found in New Brunswick, Canada, quarry

    By Oxytropidoceras, February 4   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • February 4

11. Oklahoma State University, student discovers new dinosaur species, publishes findings - Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota

    By Oxytropidoceras, February 4   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • February 4

12. Scientists More Hopeful Than Ever That Perseverance Has Already Found Life on Mars

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 30   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • January 30

13. US Returns Fossils to Morocco.

    By Tidgy's Dad, October 7, 2023   

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    • Missourian
    • January 24

14. 29 million-year-old nest of fossilised grasshopper eggs found

    By pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon, January 18   

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    • trilobites_are_awesome
    • January 18

15. Declivolithus titan is a Junior Synonym of Declivolithus alfredi

    By piranha, January 16   

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    • piranha
    • January 16

16. New thalattosuchian phylogeny published

    By pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon, January 15   

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    • RuMert
    • January 15

17. The first small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur from the  Lewisville Formation (middle Cenomanian) of Texas.

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 13   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • January 13

18. 300 Million Years Old Fossilized Skin Discovered, Richards Spur, Oklahoma

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 12   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • January 12

19. 14 Dinosaur Facts 'Jurassic Park' Got All Wrong

    By Denis Arcand, January 12   

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    • January 12

20. A 22-million-year-old petrified mangrove forest found in the Panama Canal

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 11   

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    • Oxytropidoceras
    • January 11

21. Exceptional’ fossil sponge found in ireland

    By Brian James Maguire, January 7   

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    • Fossildude19
    • January 7

22. 'Giant' predator worms more than half a billion years old discovered in North Greenland

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 4   

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    • Doctor Mud
    • January 5

23. Photosynthesis Evolved as Early as 1.75 Billion Years Ago, Microfossils Suggest

    By Oxytropidoceras, January 4   

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    • January 4

24. A new genus of cretaceous 'swordfish" comes with the reassignment of two Protosphyraena species

    By Jared C, January 3   

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    • Jared C
    • January 3

25. One of the most complete mammoth skeletons found in North Dakota

    By Oxytropidoceras, December 31, 2023   

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    • December 31, 2023