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![The fossilized Florigerminis jurassica plant with a defined stem, bulbous fruit and fossilized flower bud (marked by the white arrow).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fApDBnumx46h8CfMsKZjBL-320-80.jpg)
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.
![This ichthyosaur would have been some 33 feet (10 meters) long when it lived about 180 million years ago.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4v5nFrc57YcJi9q3ecA9F7-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Exceptional fossils of a spider and a feather from the Australian site are between 16 million and 11 million years old.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdJhUBDBpehCKjNEeoSfFH-320-80.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iPkh3eGoV2QTGa5RbsAR7Y-320-80.jpg)
'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.
![The mushroom of the newly discovered parasitic fungus A. blatica growing out of the rectum of a carpenter ant fossilized in amber.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8eV8XJ7UbNsTMWj6eYNCKB-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Specks of silver were found in the fossilized feces of ancient worms living in the seafloor.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tX2BACXP8QiirmWwhepEdS-320-80.jpg)
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.
![The fossilized exoskeleton fragment from the giant millipede ancestor Arthropleura recently found in the U.K.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3yUNwHCGFDzjKVMz9Ehrtm-320-80.jpg)
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.
![The 'Excalibur worm and 'Shuriken' worm (seen here) had overlapping systems of armored plates that made them the most knightly detritivores on the block.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QHfJjxrAHhShmR3zUMiS67-320-80.png)
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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