A recent study published in Earth Science Reviews examines how both the shine and excellent preservation of fossils discovered at Germany’s Posidonia Shale is not the result of pyrite (aka fool’s gold ...

Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals secrets of fossil formation without disturbing the decay of buried carcasses A new study published in Palaeontology has confirmed that X-ray computed ...

Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in the field of paleontology by developing a technique that uses ...

The Crato Formation represents one of the most celebrated Early Cretaceous Konservat‐Lagerstätten, offering an unparalleled window into past ecosystems. Exceptional preservation within this formation ...

This week’s WoW is a beautiful example of how the natural processes of fossilization and diagenesis* can sometimes create breathtakingly unique and intricate pattern formations. This fossil is a ...

NorthWest Montana Fossils owners Aamon Jaeger and Chantel Ibach are pictured outside their Whitefish home on Aug. 14. Jaeger holds a Hypacrosaurus vertebrae and Ibach holds a Hypacrosaurus humerus.

Much of what we know about late Miocene vertebrates from the Brazilian Amazonia is based on the fossil record from several sites in the Solimões Formation. The Talismã site, one of the most important ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We describe the first record of a fossil gekkotan fromthe LateOligocene Nsungwe Formation in the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania. The specimen ...

A famous fossil formation in the Yixian region of Northeast China has revealed some of the most striking, well-preserved dinosaur remains on record. Over the past 60 years, archaeologists excavating ...