#paleontology

#paleontology

The extinct marine mega-predator Temnodontosaurus had specialized adaptations to stealthily hunt its prey, revealed through an analysis of a fossil flipper.

"Teeth are rocks in our mouths. They're the hardest structures that any animals make, so you can find a tooth that is a hundred or a hundred million years old, and it will contain a geochemical record of the life of the animal."

This nearly complete juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton from the Late Jurassic period is an extraordinary specimen, estimated to be around 150 million years old, discovered in Wyoming.

The mandible had been separated from the skeleton, and both it and the neurocranium are incomplete, so they were reconstructed and consolidated with plaster.

The unveiling of Utah's newest NHL team, the Mammoth, has generated both excitement and skepticism, reflecting the rich paleontological history of the region.

The Edelman Fossil Park & Museum in Mantua, N.J., is a significant site for studying prehistoric mass extinctions and the implications for today's climate crisis.

"What this study in Algeria really does is it highlights that you can use chemical methods to infer that biology is in the mineral," says Bonnie Baxter.

"When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park."