The new species, named Scyliorhinus weemsi after paleontologist Dr. Robert Weems, lived nearly 30 million years ago during the Oligocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period.

A new genus of tiny, hornless deer that lived in South Dakota during the Oligocene Epoch approximately 32 million years ago has been discovered by a team of researchers from Badlands National Park ...

Some 30 million years ago, during what’s known as the Oligocene Epoch, a leopard-like hypercarnivore—that is, an animal whose diet is at least 70 percent meat—stalked the lush forest of ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

Santuccimeryx belongs to the extinct family Leptomerycidae, and its skull shares features of both the Oligocene genus Leptomeryx and the Miocene genus Pseudoparablastomeryx, two animals that are ...

The deer presented by the researchers is markedly different from the animal most know today, ... hornless deer lived in South Dakota about 32 million years ago, during the Oligocene Epoch.

What happened, and how were Earth's animals, plants, oceans, and climate affected? Focusing on the end of the Eocene epoch and the Eocene-Oligocene transition was a critical but very brief ...

The large and small, beautiful and bizarre are among the newly discovered animals, plants and microbes announced as the Top 10 New Species for 2018. Skip to main content Your source for the latest ...

The toothy animal lived during the late Oligocene epoch (34 million to 23 million years ago). Scientists described the extinct dolphin from a near-complete skull found in a cliff face in New ...

The primates lived during the Oligocene epoch, which lasted from about 34 million to 23 million years ago, ... Our ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we? Feb. 28, 2024.

Ebersole worked with David Cicimurri and James Knight from the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia on a larger study of shark fossils and other boney fish during the Oligocene Epoch about 30 ...