The behaviour of an ancient horseshoe crab in its final moments before death has been captured in the fossil record. A 9.7m-long trackway was created around 150 million years ago when a horseshoe crab fell into a lagoon. The find is of interest because the fossil of the animal itself is present at the end of the […]
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Fossil records ‘crab’ death march
September 8th, 2012 
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No Comments »Darwinopterus: New flying Reptile
September 8th, 2012 riffin Researchers in China and the UK say they have discovered the fossils of a new type of flying reptile that lived more than 160 million years ago. The find is named Darwinopterus, after Charles Darwin. Experts say it provides the first clear evidence of a controversial idea called modular evolution. The 20 new fossils found in […]
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September 8th, 2012 riffin A bird-like dinosaur that prowled an ancient forest 125 million years ago used venom to subdue its prey, according to a new theory. Sinornithosaurus‘s upper teeth resemble those of “rear-fanged” snakes which bite their prey and channel venom into the wound.The dinosaur probably fed on the abundant birds which inhabited what is now north-east China.The […]
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