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Creature Redefines Mammal History
Science & Tech  (tags: palaeontology, discovery, fossil, mammals, placental mammals, eutherians, Juramaia sinensis )

Pia
- 274 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A small, 160-million-year-old Chinese fossil has something big to say about the emergence of mammals on Earth. The shrew-like creature is the earliest known example of an animal that used a placenta to provide nourishment to their unborn young.
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Big Row Over Tiny T. Rex - Paeleontologist Dispute Classification
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, palaeontology, research, scientists, science )

Michelle
- 591 days ago - nature.com
Prominent palaeontologists are questioning whether Raptorex -- the pint-sized supposed precursor to Tyrannosaurus rex -- has been classified correctly.
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Scientists Discover Three New Aussie Dinosaurs
Science & Tech  (tags: australia, dinosaurs, herbivores, carnivores, excavation, cretaceous, palaeontologists, palaeontology, skeletons, gondwana, queensland, museum, genera, evolutionary links, fauna )

Thubten
- 1057 days ago - abc.net.au
The two herbivores and one carnivore, excavated from the Winton formation, roamed Australia during the Cretaceous period - 98 million years ago
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Frozen in Time: Dinosaur Herd's Mass Grave Unearthed - Mongolia
Science & Tech  (tags: mongolia, bird, dinosaur, fossils, grave, palaeontology, ancient, discovery, scientists, study )

Chrissy
- 1166 days ago - abc.net.au
In the rocky desert of Inner Mongolia, an international team of palaeontologists has unearthed a mass grave of young dinosaurs. The 25 birdlike dinosaurs are thought to have died after getting stuck in a mud flat. The scientists say the find provides a
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Earth's Ecosystem Has Been Complex for Hundreds of Millions of Years
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, study, discovery, animal, Australia, ecological, ecosystem, fossil, Funisia, life, Neoproterozoic, organism, palaeontology, reproduction )

J.
- 1526 days ago - newsroom.ucr.edu
Palaeontologists studying ancient fossils they excavated in the South Australian outback argue that Earth's ecosystem has been complex since around 565 million years ago which is included in a period in Earth's history called the Neoproterozoic era.
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Sea Monster Had Teeth Like Cucumbers
Science & Tech  (tags: Palaeontology, dinosaur, pliosaur, new species, monster, predator, interesting, scientists, expedition, Jurassic era )

Maria
- 1548 days ago - abc.net.au
The fossil of a 15 metre long sea monster found in Arctic Norway is the biggest of its kind known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car...
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Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History of Multicellular Life
Science & Tech  (tags: Palaeontology, science, research, discovery, evolutionary biology, fossils, interesting )

J.
- 1604 days ago - terradaily.com
Palaeontologists have dubbed this earlier event the 'Avalon Explosion.'The discovery suggests that more than one explosive evolutionary event may have taken place during the early evolution of animals.
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