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11:08:27 PM Multicellular fossils may be world's oldest
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Fossils found in Gabon suggest complex organisms lived as far back as 2.1 billion years ago, paleontologists say. By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times An .... [more]

10:37:25 PM Study: Multicellular organisms developed earlier than thought
The Republic

Paleontologist Abderrazak El Albani , the new report's lead author, said the macroscopic fossils — fossils visible to the naked eye — turned up at a point ... [more]

9:02:43 PM Fossil of monster whale that ate whales for breakfast found
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

Paleontologist Olivier Lambert of the Natural History Museum in Paris, France, who led the team which found the fossil, said the giant 10 feet-long skull ... [more]

7:05:00 PM Ancient Whale + Killer Shark = Hypercarnivourous Whale
Wired News - USA

“This is a pretty exciting discovery,” says Erich Fitzgerald, a vertebrate paleontologist at Museum Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. ... [more]

6:48:18 PM Gigantic Prehistoric Whale Hunted Other Whales
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

The relatively small numbers of such top predators challenge paleontologists to find more examples. "While literally hundreds of baleen whale carcasses were ... [more]

2:31:45 PM Historic journey under way
reddeeradvocate.com - Red Deer,Alberta,Canada

Two dozen researchers, paleontology students and other dinosaur enthusiasts will take part in the five-week journey that ends at Dinosaur Provincial Park ... [more]

12:47:15 PM BBC, Evergreen team for 3D dinosaur film
Hollywood Reporter - Los Angeles,CA,USA

Evergreen Films co-founder Pierre de Lespinois said they plan to unite leading paleontologists with award-winning scriptwriters and a "world-class .... [more]

6:25:26 AM A chance to discover Sand Hills
Omaha World Herald - Omaha,NE,USA

The ninth annual Sand Hills Discovery Experience July 8 centers on an “Ashes in the Sand Hills” theme, looking at climate, paleontology and other topics. ... [more]

3:27:06 AM Baby tapir transported to Gray Fossil Site research lab
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA

Since the discovery of the Gray Fossil Site a decade ago, ETSU paleontologists have found more than 80 dwarf tapir fossils, making the site home to the ... [more]



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