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The fossilized Florigerminis jurassica plant with a defined stem, bulbous fruit and fossilized flower bud (marked by the white arrow).

164 million-year-old plant fossil is the oldest example of a flowering bud

By Harry Baker published

Researchers in China have uncovered the oldest example of a fossilized flower bud ever.

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This ichthyosaur would have been some 33 feet (10 meters) long when it lived about 180 million years ago.

Enormous sea dragon fossil from 180 million years ago discovered in England

By Patrick Pester published

The remains of a monstrous "sea dragon" that swam in the seas some 180 million years ago have been unearthed in England.

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Exceptional fossils of a spider and a feather from the Australian site are between 16 million and 11 million years old.

Rare and fragile fossils found at a secret site in Australia's 'dead heart'

By Mindy Weisberger published

A site in Australia that holds thousands of astonishingly well-preserved fossils has been kept a closely guarded secret among paleontologists for the past three years.

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This illustration, depicting an active predatory encounter between two requiem sharks off what is now the coast of Maryland, shows one possible way the shark vertebra could have been bitten.

'Truly remarkable' fossils are rare evidence of ancient shark-on-shark attacks

By Laura Geggel published

The discovery of four shark fossils with bite marks shows that ancient sharks attacked or scavenged each other.

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The mushroom of the newly discovered parasitic fungus A. blatica growing out of the rectum of a carpenter ant fossilized in amber.

10 coolest non-dinosaur fossils unearthed in 2021

By Harry Baker published

A list of the 10 coolest stories about non-dinosaur fossil discoveries published in 2021.

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Specks of silver were found in the fossilized feces of ancient worms living in the seafloor.

Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists

By Harry Baker published

Researchers have discovered specks of silver in 500 million-year-old fossilized worm dung; the precious metal likely came from "mining" microbes.

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The fossilized exoskeleton fragment from the giant millipede ancestor Arthropleura recently found in the U.K.

Scientists find fossil of largest arthropod to ever live, a car-size millipede

By Harry Baker published

Researchers in the U.K. have discovered the fossilized exoskeleton of an 8.5-feet -long millipede from around 326 million years ago.

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The 'Excalibur worm and 'Shuriken' worm (seen here) had overlapping systems of armored plates that made them the most knightly detritivores on the block.

Fossils of 400-million-year-old 'Excalibur worm' discovered in Australia

By Brandon Specktor published

Researchers discovered the fossils of two previously unknown armored marine worms named Excalibur and Shuriken.

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Researchers pinpoint the mammoth tusk on the ocean floor

Exquisitely-preserved mammoth tusk found 10,000 feet underwater

By Joanna Thompson published

Researchers discovered the 100,000 year old tusk of a mammoth off the coast of California

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The ancient snake-like dolichosaur (Tetrapodophis amplectus) swims by a tangle of branches from the conifer Duartenia araripensis that have fallen into the water, as well as a water bug in the family Belostomatidae and small fish (Dastilbe).

4-legged 'snake' fossil is actually a different ancient animal, new study claims

By Laura Geggel published

A new study claims that a fossil previously believed to be the first known four-legged snake is actually more lizard-like than serpentine.

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