https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/fossils/ Recent content in Fossils on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:43:08 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lost-fossils-reveal-sea-monsters-that-took-over-after-earths-greatest-extinction/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:20:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/lost-fossils-reveal-sea-monsters-that-took-over-after-earths-greatest-extinction/ • Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earthâ s greatest extinction About 250 million years ago, a region that is now a harsh desert in remote northwestern Austral https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sword-dragon-fossil-redefines-early-jurassic-ichthyosaur/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:50:35 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sword-dragon-fossil-redefines-early-jurassic-ichthyosaur/ • Sword Dragon fossil rewrites early Jurassic ichthyosaur evolution. • Complete skeleton discovered along UK’s Jurassic Coast, named Xiphodracon goldencapensis. • Species nicknamed https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/250-million-year-old-amphibian-fossils-from-australia-reveal-global-spread-of-sea-salamanders/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:30:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/250-million-year-old-amphibian-fossils-from-australia-reveal-global-spread-of-sea-salamanders/ • The Kimberley region in the northwest corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. • The dry seasons are long https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/globe-trotting-ancient-sea-salamander-fossils-rediscovered-from-australias-dawn-of-the-age-of-dinosaurs/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:10:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/globe-trotting-ancient-sea-salamander-fossils-rediscovered-from-australias-dawn-of-the-age-of-dinosaurs/ • Around 250 million years ago, what is today scorching desert in remote northwestern Australia was the shore of a shallow bay bordering a vast prehistoric ocean. • Fossils recover https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/ • When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. • While the different strata of sedimentary rock https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/ • When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried. • While the different strata of sedimentary rock https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-fossils-may-settle-debate-over-mysterious-sail-backed-spinosaurs/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:00:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-fossils-may-settle-debate-over-mysterious-sail-backed-spinosaurs/ • Artist’s interpretation ofSpinosaurus mirabilisDani Navarro Artist’s interpretation ofSpinosaurus mirabilis Dani Navarro Were the mysterious dinosaurs known as spinosaursexcellen https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ancient-fossils-reveal-our-oldest-known-ancestors-had-four-eyes/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:07:12 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ancient-fossils-reveal-our-oldest-known-ancestors-had-four-eyes/ • Ancient fossils reveal our oldest known ancestors had four eyes In certain species, a ’third eye’ or parietal eye still exists to detect light, while in humans, this feature has https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:14:27 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/ • In a recent study, University of Alaska Fairbanks paleontologist Matthew Wooller and his colleagues radiocarbon-dated what they thought were pieces of two mammoth vertebrae, only