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![A close-up image of a fossilized flower encased in amber.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rgDgVQsdeXDsgVfL6D8qsD-320-80.jpg)
Bloom entombed in amber is the largest fossilized flower ever found
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The fossilized flower is the largest ever discovered.
![An artists interpretation of what the newly discovered turtle Leviathanochelys aenigmatica might have looked like.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tzoBA7k6SmNogNe4hKm9AT-320-80.jpg)
10 stunning fossils from 2022 that didn't come from dinosaurs
By Harry Baker published
Not all the best fossils belong to dinosaurs. Here are some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories dug up in 2022.
![A trio of arthropods unearthed at a fossil site in Morocco.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yMJm8GnNMgnrGdAp7YrPc5-320-80.png)
7-foot-long arthropods commanded the sea 470 million years ago, 'exquisite' fossils show
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
About 470 million years ago, 7-foot-long arthropods ruled the water in what is now Morocco.
![An artist's interpretation of the taco-like arthropod.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sKExNznfz45QyyRjfRXKi8-320-80.jpg)
Likeness of Cambrian critter finally revealed, and it looks like a taco
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Thanks to soft-tissue preservation, we now know what Tuzoia, a Cambrian arthropod first discovered 100 years ago, actually looked like.
![One of the misshaped Keraterpeton fossils unearthed at the Jarrow Assemblage in Ireland. Its bones were likely warped by superheated fluids pushed up from the mantle during an ancient continental collision.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/imvgJXnqDWZhjEUEMMcQ6S-320-80.jpg)
Mangled 'dragon' fossils were cooked by ancient continents colliding to form Pangaea
By Harry Baker published
Warped amphibian-like fossils in Ireland were likely transformed by superheated fluids that were released as ancient continents crashed into one another around 300 million years ago.
![Smilesaurus, an iconic gorgonopsian that lived during the late Permian in what is now South Africa.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uz7Ws2chHHG4nwyHCPR8qY-320-80.jpg)
Monstrous 'gorgons' survived a mass extinction, but they were a 'dead clade walking'
By Laura Geggel published
About 90% of all species went extinct during the "Great Dying" around 252 million years ago, but in the case of one paleo-beast — the so-called gorgon — reports of its death were greatly exaggerated, new research finds.
![Whatcheeria deltae attacks in this artist's impression of the enormous ancient tetrapod.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YjPgvkhtR6xkHGvY56mrW9-320-80.jpg)
Ancient superpredator that lived 328 million years ago was 'the T. rex of its time'
By Stephanie Pappas published
Fangy Whatcheeria measured up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) long, and more than 300 million years ago, it was the apex predator in the sinkholes-turned-lakes of the American Midwest.
![An abstract artist's impression of what the fossilized worm, Cardiodictyon catenulum, may have looked like.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k9txTFmBPxT4U46eu8SCuV-320-80.jpg)
Fossilized brain of 525 million-year-old deep sea worm likely the oldest ever discovered
By Harry Baker published
An ancient worm unearthed in China has one of the oldest fossilized brains ever found. The brain's shape could also help solve a centuries-old debate about the evolution of arthropods.
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