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Oops, this 300 million-year-old 'blob' fossil was upside down. It's not a jellyfish after all.
Famous 'jellyfish' fossil from 300 million years ago was upside-down the whole time. It's actually another animal entirely.
Ancient platypus-like fossil could rewrite the history of egg-laying mammals
Fossils of a 70 million-year-old platypus relative called Patagorhynchus pascuali found in South America show that egg-laying mammals evolved on more than one continent.
3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak
Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago.
Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa
Researchers in South Africa have unearthed 360 million-year-old fossils belonging to a newly described voracious fish species that preyed on our ancestors.
Never-before-seen pterosaur had nearly 500 teeth and ate like a flamingo
A never-before-seen species of pterosaur had hundreds of hooked teeth that helped it filter its food in a similar way to living flamingos.
Bloom entombed in amber is the largest fossilized flower ever found
The fossilized flower is the largest ever discovered.
10 stunning fossils from 2022 that didn't come from dinosaurs
Not all the best fossils belong to dinosaurs. Here are some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories dug up in 2022.
7-foot-long arthropods commanded the sea 470 million years ago, 'exquisite' fossils show
About 470 million years ago, 7-foot-long arthropods ruled the water in what is now Morocco.
