Fossil Record
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Fossil shark teeth from Pliocene Tuscany show the first evidence that 𝑂𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑥 "zombie worms" exploit shark tooth dentine in the wild.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Fossil shark teeth from Pliocene Tuscany show the first evidence that 𝑂𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑎𝑥 "zombie worms" exploit shark tooth dentine in the wild.
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Apidorhynchid fossils from the Late-Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago include specimens with prey fish stuck in their mouths and stomachs.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Apidorhynchid fossils from the Late-Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago include specimens with prey fish stuck in their mouths and stomachs.
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Discovery of a new dwarf crocodylomorph specimen from Portugal’s Upper Jurassic provides the first neuroanatomical insights into Atoposauridae, reshaping their evolutionary history.
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New dwarf crocodylomorph from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and the first neuroanatomical data for Atoposauridae
A new crocodylomorph fossil specimen (ML2631) from the Upper Jurassic of Lourinhã (Portugal) is described, based on a partially preserved skull table and braincase. The specimen was recovered from the...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Discovery of a new dwarf crocodylomorph specimen from Portugal’s Upper Jurassic provides the first neuroanatomical insights into Atoposauridae, reshaping their evolutionary history.
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A unique small alligatoroid fossil from the Middle Eocene Clarno Formation in Oregon provides insights into alligatoroid diversity and biogeography, suggesting potential Asian ties.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A unique small alligatoroid fossil from the Middle Eocene Clarno Formation in Oregon provides insights into alligatoroid diversity and biogeography, suggesting potential Asian ties.
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The oldest Jurassic anurans from continental Africa (Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania).
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The oldest Jurassic anurans from continental Africa (Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania)
Anurans are a diverse clade of tetrapods with a rich evolutionary history beginning ~250 Ma. Most time-calibrated molecular phylogenetic analyses place the early diversification of anurans during the ...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The oldest Jurassic anurans from continental Africa (Tendaguru Hill, Tanzania).
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A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog!
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New Jurassic ichthyosaur species discovered in Mistelgau
Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles, with dolphin-like bodies, that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog!
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Researchers report the first fossil record of frogs and snakes from Taiwan, based on Middle Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage recovered from the Chochen–Tsailiao area.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Researchers report the first fossil record of frogs and snakes from Taiwan, based on Middle Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage recovered from the Chochen–Tsailiao area.
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A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog!
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New Jurassic ichthyosaur species discovered in Mistelgau
Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles, with dolphin-like bodies, that lived during the time of the dinosaurs.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A new Upper Franconian ichthyosaur species has been discovered from Mistelgau. Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog!
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A new mite genus and species, found in Cretaceous amber in Myanmar, represents the first formally described fossil species in Chyzeriidae and displays an unusual feature likely used for defense.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A new mite genus and species, found in Cretaceous amber in Myanmar, represents the first formally described fossil species in Chyzeriidae and displays an unusual feature likely used for defense.
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Two Jurrasic fish species belonging to the poorly known genus Thrissops have been discovered in England and Germany.
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August 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Two Jurrasic fish species belonging to the poorly known genus Thrissops have been discovered in England and Germany.
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Researchers describe a unique, 'weird' Mesozoic cricket based on a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Researchers describe a unique, 'weird' Mesozoic cricket based on a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar.
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Researchers report a new species of Hypsodontus from the Dongxiang Formation at the Citan locality, China, dating to the late Early Miocene, marking the first definitive record of the type genus in China and the oldest record of this bovid genus.
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The first discovery of Hypsodontus (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) from the Early Miocene of Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China
Hypsodontinae is a highly specialized subfamily of Bovidae, primarily distributed across East and West Asia as well as Eastern Europe during the Miocene; however, the type genus Hypsodontus had not be...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Researchers report a new species of Hypsodontus from the Dongxiang Formation at the Citan locality, China, dating to the late Early Miocene, marking the first definitive record of the type genus in China and the oldest record of this bovid genus.
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Fossil Record's Journal Impact Factor has risen from 1.9 to 2.1, remaining in Q1 for Paleontology.
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Fossil Record Receives Improved Journal Impact Factor
The 2024 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) for Fossil Record stands at 2.1, up from 1.9, according to the latest Web of Science data, reports ARPHA Platform’s Indexing team.The journal, published by P...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Fossil Record's Journal Impact Factor has risen from 1.9 to 2.1, remaining in Q1 for Paleontology.
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The Early Miocene muroid fossils from the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin reveal a diverse and abundant rodent assemblage, suggesting the region served as an ecological refuge and corridor during a period of widespread mammalian migrations across Iberia.
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The Early Miocene muroids (Muroidea, Rodentia) of the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain): A thriving haven during a time of migration
The Campisano Ravine in the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain, Early Miocene, Biozone C, MN 4) yielded a diverse and abundant assemblage of muroids, comprising five distinct taxa, and nearly 700 remains....
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June 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Early Miocene muroid fossils from the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin reveal a diverse and abundant rodent assemblage, suggesting the region served as an ecological refuge and corridor during a period of widespread mammalian migrations across Iberia.
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Two new insect fossils from the Permian of Catalonia, including the first Iberian Probnidae, extend the known geographic range of pre-Triassic lineages adapted to arid environments.
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New insects from the Permian of Catalonia (Spain) predate the early diversification of Triassic clades adapted to arid environments (Grylloblattodea, Probnidae, Dictyoptera)
Probnis sauvanyaensis sp. nov., the first representative of the ‘grylloblattodean’ family Probnidae from the Iberian Peninsula, is described from the middle to ?upper Permian outcrop of Sauvanyà in th...
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June 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Two new insect fossils from the Permian of Catalonia, including the first Iberian Probnidae, extend the known geographic range of pre-Triassic lineages adapted to arid environments.
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The study presents new histological data on the pelvic bones of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis, showing their porous structure and growth patterns, and suggesting a reduced role for the hind limbs in locomotion during the Late Triassic.
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Hips do not lie… histology of the pelvic girdle elements of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Poland
The pelvic elements are among the least histologically studied skeletal elements of Temnospondyli, despite the fact that their histological framework can provide a lot of information about skeletochro...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The study presents new histological data on the pelvic bones of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis, showing their porous structure and growth patterns, and suggesting a reduced role for the hind limbs in locomotion during the Late Triassic.
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Re-evaluated fossils from Patagonia’s Salamanca Formation, originally collected in 1924, show similarities to early caimanines but lack definitive traits, leading to a cautious reassignment as Caimaninae indeterminate.
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Re-evaluation of historic putative caimanine material from the lower Palaeocene Salamanca Formation in Patagonia (Argentina)
The fossil record of caimanines is characterised by two important periods: the first in the early Palaeocene and the second in the late Miocene. While numerous well-preserved taxa are known from the l...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Re-evaluated fossils from Patagonia’s Salamanca Formation, originally collected in 1924, show similarities to early caimanines but lack definitive traits, leading to a cautious reassignment as Caimaninae indeterminate.
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This study reports the first documented pathological vertebrae in the Triassic sauropterygian Paludidraco multidentatus.
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Pathological vertebrae in the holotype of Paludidraco multidentatus (Sauropterygia, Simosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of El Atance (Central Spain)
The record of paleopathologies in Mesozoic marine reptiles is relatively scarce in the literature compared to that on other lineages such as Dinosauria. In the case of Sauropterygia, these pathologies...
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This study reports the first documented pathological vertebrae in the Triassic sauropterygian Paludidraco multidentatus.
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