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11 jaw-dropping fossil discoveries that weren't dinosaurs in 2023
Move over, dinosaurs: It's time for some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories of 2023 to shine.
10 jaw-dropping dinosaur fossils unearthed in 2023
From a teenage tyrannosaur's last meal to a fossilized voice box and a cliff covered in footprints, here are the 10 best dinosaur fossils unearthed this year.
72 million-year-old 'blue dragon' unearthed in Japan is unlike anything we've ever seen, experts say
The near-complete remains of a never-before-seen mosasaur that dominated the ancient Pacific Ocean have been unearthed in Japan. The great white shark-size creature is unlike any other aquatic animal, dead or alive.
Teenage tyrannosaurs gorged on dino 'drumsticks,' 1st-of-their-kind fossils show
Paleontologists have found two pairs of hind legs from a small, bird-like dinosaur in the stomach of a juvenile Gorgosaurus unearthed in Canada. It is the first time that any food remains have been discovered within a tyrannosaur.
Huge mammoth jaw at least 10,000 years old pulled up from Florida river
Fossil enthusiast John Kreatsoulas thought the artifact was a log, before he realized he was holding a bone from the last ice age.
Flesh-eating 'killer' lampreys that lived 160 million years ago unearthed in China
Scientists have described two lamprey fossils with "extensively toothed" mouths from the Jurassic period, shining a light on how this group has evolved into its modern forms since the Devonian.
Girl discovers 100,000-year-old mammoth bones in Russian river while fishing with dad
An 8-year-old girl discovered the bones of a woolly mammoth and a prehistoric bison after a landslide along the banks of a river in western Russia.
Ancient skeletons of largest-ever marsupial unearthed in Australia
Diprotodon dates back to the Pleistocene epoch and is a giant relative of wombats and koalas.
Low water levels in Lake Powell reveal 'extremely rare' fossils from extinct Jurassic mammal relative
Researchers documenting fossil tracks in March discovered the first tritylodontid fossils ever found in the Navajo Sandstone and rushed to retrieve them before snowmelt replenished Lake Powell.
Oldest evidence of Neanderthals hunting cave lions dates to 48,000 years ago, punctured bones reveal
Scientists analyzing cave lion bones have discovered the earliest evidence of Neanderthals hunting a cave lion, as well as the oldest example of human relatives using a lion pelt for cultural purposes.
