Neatorama Posts Tagged "paleontology"
New Fossil Shows Pterosaur with Her Egg...

A pterosaur fossil found in Liaoning Province, China, yields fascinating information about the prehistoric reptiles. Scientists believe the Darwinopterus pterosaur laid the now-fossil egg after it died. Scientists think...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/22/new-fossil-shows-pterosaur-with-her-egg/
The Top Dinosaur Discoveries of 2010...

The biggest dinosaur discoveries of the year include dinosauromorphs, or dinosaur precursors, plus dinosaur diets, dino nurseries, and dinosaur colors. Shown is the feathered dinosaur Anchiornis, whose colors were de...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/03/the-top-dinosaur-discoveries-of-2010/
10 Huge Prehistoric Cats...

When you think of prehistoric cats, you probably think of Smilodon, the saber-toothed tiger. There were plenty of other big cat species you may have never heard of, like the Xenosmilus, the cave lion, or the American lio...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/10/10-huge-prehistoric-cats/
How Did Whales Evolve?...

Hundred of millions of years ago, sea creatures crawled up on land and started to become mammals. Then much later, a few went back into the sea, but left few fossils to show us how they did it -or at least that's what we...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/07/how-did-whales-evolve/
The Valley of the Moon...

Ischigualasto, meaning "the place where you put the moon" is a remote valley in Argentina. It is studded with geological formations left by wind erosion, amazing standing stones and boulders that are so rounded they look...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/28/the-valley-of-the-moon/
The Year’s Best Fossil Finds...

October 13th is National Fossil Day! In commemoration, Wired Science has a gallery of recent discoveries that show how, no matter how much we dig, there's always something new to learn about our past. Shown is a mysterio...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/13/the-years-best-fossil-finds/
Big Toothy Bird...

Scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a prehistoric bird with a wingspan of 17 feet! The Latin name given to the new species, Pelagornis chilensis means “huge pseudoteeth” because it had bony tooth-like...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/09/17/big-toothy-bird/
New Evidence Suggests Dinosaurs Were Wiped Out by Two Meteor Strikes, Not One...

Since 1980, paleontologists have suggested that a terrible meteorite impact millions of years ago radically altered the Earth's climate and killed off the dinosaur population. Now a study led by David Jolley of Aberdeen...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/27/new-evidence-suggests-dinosaurs-were-wiped-out-by-two-meteor-strikes-not-one/
Valley of the Whales...

Paleontologist Philip Gingerich looks for sea monsters in the Egyptian desert. He assembles fossils of ancient whales that died there when it was covered by an ocean. One such whale is the Basilosaurus, which had small h...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/08/valley-of-the-whales/
Leviathan: The Whale That Killed Whales...

Belgian scientist Olivier Lambert has discovered a new species of whale, a prehistoric sperm whale that was a real killer. Leviathan melvillei was the size of modern sperm whales, with a very big difference: Today’s s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/30/leviathan-the-whale-that-killed-whales/
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