The fossil of a gigantic ichthyosaur was recently discovered in the UK. It wasn’t the only creature lurking in the Jurassic oceans.
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The latest medical scanning technology revealed details of a plesiosaur’s inner ear, showing the extinct marine reptiles swam with their head slightly lowered – unlike the Loch Ness ‘sock puppet’.
A detailed study of ornithopod jawbones from a single site reveals a high dinosaur diversity in Victoria during the late Early Cretaceous.
The environmental, cultural and scientific sensitivity of some sites, and rarity of some fossils, means amateur fossil collecting comes with huge risks.
When the dinosaurs went extinct, some species took over the world. Adaptability, not survivability, explains why.
Scientists are left with two conclusions. Either Nessie is an eel, or she never existed at all.
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for about 180 million years. But around 66 million years ago, a huge rock from outer space (called an asteroid) smashed into the Earth. Then things got worse for dinosaurs.
As a new David Attenborough documentary examines a remarkable fossil, a leading expert gives his verdict.
In defence of ‘cryptozoologists’: we have a lot to learn from their curiosity and sense of wonder.
The recent discovery of 50-million-year-old sperm is just the latest in a long line of amazingly bizarre paleontological finds.
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Lecturer in Geology, University of Hull
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Research associate, Curtin University
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Reader in Cultural History, Newcastle University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Project Officer – Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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1851 Research Fellow, University of Bristol & Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Adjunct professor, University of Canterbury
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Technical Officer, Western Australian Museum
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PhD candidate, School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University
