When paleontologists hunt for fossils, they can encounter two different types. The first, "body fossils," are the remaining parts of the animal, like shells, horns, bones, and teeth. The second, ...

Researchers have formally identified a group of elasmosaur fossils - some of the most famous in North America. The marine ...

As such, fossils usually only occur in sedimentary stones ... This means the fragments that comprise these two types of stone travel different distances before being deposited and condensed. But in ...

Uncovering the fossil record requires scientists with many different areas of expertise ... the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of ...

and their fossils have been found on every continent except Antarctica. The are about 40 species of Titanosaurs. The researchers were able to identify six different oospecies – or types of ...

KAMPAR: Different types of coral fossils, estimated to be some 300 million years old, were discovered in a 6.9ha area near Kampung Changkat Tualang. The fossils of the long-extinct sea snail ...

At the new Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology, we offer free access to 600 million years of digital Australian fossils, from enigmatic early lifeforms to gigantic extinct marsupials. There are ...

KAMPAR, Perak – Different types of coral fossils, estimated to be some 300 million years old, were discovered in a 6.9ha area near Kampung Changkat Tualang in Perak. The fossils of the long ...