Teeth from extinct species like Otodus obliquus (an ancestor of the legendary Megalodon) are commonly found in New Jersey’s Cretaceous and Eocene layers. And while actual Megalodon teeth are extremely ...

An ancient fossil repurposed as an amulet, discovered in Spain, offers insight into Roman spirituality and the protective use ...

Excavations at a 2,000-year-old settlement in Spain have yielded the first ever trilobite fossil from Roman times. Found in a trash heap associated with a high-status household, the specimen appears ...

Old Rare Roman Era Trilobite That May Have Been Worn as Protective Amulet During an excavation project at a 2,000-year-old ...

These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution Date: June 27, 2025 Source: University of Barcelona Summary: A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian ...

Trace fossils, the preserved records of biological activity, provide a unique window into the interactions between ancient organisms and their sedimentary settings. By recording behaviours such as ...

More information: Zekun Wang et al, Quantitative decoding of Ediacaran locomotory trace fossil morphologies: Evidence for the emergence of slender anterior-posterior body profiles, Geology (2025).

However, the study of trace fossils (or ichnofossils) opens up the possibility of discovering what the activity of hard-bodied, soft-bodied or skeletally deficient organisms preserved in the ...

This is a 3D print of a slug track. It is a cast made of plastic PLA filament and painted to replicate a slab of an imprint from Climactichnites, a trace fossil of a slug-like organism, from the Paleo ...

Among the fossils, they found the first ever hominin remains from submerged Sundaland, and one of them belonged to H. erectus.

Ancient lizard fossil named after Tolkien’s Goblin Prince unearthed in Utah The newly discovered lizard, named 'Bolg amondol', was about the size of a raccoon and covered in bony, protective armour.