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Geotimes
July 2005
Laura Stafford |
Rare 3-D Fossil Preservation A new fossil locality in southern China is giving paleontologists a more detailed look at the early body plans of Ediacara organisms.   |
Geotimes
December 2005
Megan Sever |
Correcting the Fossil Record Recently, paleontologists have been working on ways to fill in gaps in life's diversity record, and some researchers are finding that climate change -- including greenhouse gas warming -- may play a pivotal role in preserving fossil assemblages. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Megan Sever |
An African puzzle piece The time period from 32 to 24 million years ago has largely been a black hole for paleontologists studying East Africa's animals. Newly discovered large vertebrate fossils from Ethiopia, however, are providing evidence that not only was there a thriving and diverse population, but also that it continued long after. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Jennifer Yauck |
Ancient Bird Fossil Makes a Splash Recent expeditions in a remote area of China have unearthed unusually well-preserved fossils of an ancient bird that lived between 105 million and 115 million years ago. The fossils of the surprisingly modern-looking bird suggest that today's birds may have originated from an aquatic ancestor. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Callan Bentley |
Summer Roadtrip: A Fossil Aquarium in Wyoming Fossil Butte National Monument is located in southwestern Wyoming, near the town of Kemmerer. It is the best place in the world to see freshwater lake fossils from 50 million years ago. |
Scientific American
June 20, 2005
Kate Wong |
Desert Island Paleontologists have unearthed fossils of giant amphibians that indicate that climate can effectively isolate organisms and thereby foster the appearance of a new species. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Pyrite Fossil Preservation In the Yunnan Province of China, paleobiologists have found evidence for exactly how certain fossils were preserved in the Early Cambrian, around 525 million years ago. |
Geotimes
January 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
The Color of Crinoids Scientists have discovered complex organic molecules still preserved within 350-million-year-old crinoid fossils. Because the molecules are slightly different from species to species, the find could offer a new way to track the creatures' evolution through time. |
Geotimes
June 2006
Jennifer Yauck |
Ancient Bird Fossil Makes a Splash Recent expeditions in China have unearthed well-preserved fossils of an ancient bird that lived between 105 million and 115 million years ago. The fossils of the modern-looking bird suggest that today's birds may have originated from an aquatic ancestor. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Dwarfing Earth's Largest Dinosaur When compared to their counterparts today, animals and plants in the late Jurassic period, about 161 million to 145 million years ago, appear super-sized. Newly discovered dinosaur fossils show, however, that the largest animal to ever walk on Earth also came in a dwarfed version. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Jay Chapman |
Fossil Fetus of Flying Reptile Unearthed The Liaoning specimens were located in lake deposits that were periodically smothered by volcanic ash, preserving the fossils in fine detail. The depth and quality of this fossil resource will continue to make Liaoning a paleontology hot spot in the future. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Megan Sever |
Mine reclamation threatens tracksite In a small corner of northwest Alabama, the most diverse and prolific Carboniferous tracksite known on this planet is in danger of being reburied. |
Chemistry World
September 25, 2013 |
Coloring in the dinosaur book Chemists' best known contributions to palaeontology are probably radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analysis. But they now face a bigger challenge that has traditionally fallen into the hands of artists: adding color to the ancient world. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Tiny Fossils go 3-D Using existing digital technology, paleobiologists for the first time viewed intricate structures of tiny fossils in 3-D - a technique that they say could one day aid in the search for life on Mars. |
Geotimes
February 2005 |
Paleontologist for a Day Over the last 10 years, approximately 6,000 visitors have participated in pay-to-dig programs and have found well-preserved remnants of Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus and Allosaurus (the only meat-eater) fossils, as well as clues to the Jurassic environment. |
Geotimes
October 2003
Naomi Lubick |
David Krause: Kudos at home and abroad This month, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) will recognize David Krause with the 2003 Joseph T. Gregory Award for outstanding service to the welfare of the organization. But his activities in the paleontology community also have a global impact. |
This Old House
Christopher Wolfe |
Making Sandbox Fossils Kids can spend hours digging in the sandbox, especially if they're searching for something cool at the bottom of all that sand. Here's a simple way to make some "fossils" that you can bury and dig up over and over. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Douglas H. Erwin |
Out of the Past and Into the Future Some of the greatest recent triumphs of paleontology have come from intensive and rewarding collaborations among paleontologists, stratigraphers, geochemists and geochronologists. |
Science News
September 28, 2008
Sid Perkins |
Book Review: A History Of Paleontology Illustration By Jane P. Davidson Although artists have been creating pictures of fossils for more than 500 years, Davidson's book is the first to comprehensively tackle the topic of how those remains have been portrayed through the ages. |
