This important manuscript reports exceptionally preserved, millimeter-scale segmented bilaterian microfossils from the early Cambrian Fortunian Kuanchuanpu Formation in South China. The authors ...

In the 6th-grade unit 'Land Formation and Changes,' the focus is on inferring how land is formed based on strata, rocks, and fossils. Rather than treating stratum models, sand/mud/gravel, rock/fossil ...

A remarkably diverse fossil ecosystem in central Colombia that preserves an unusual overlap between survivors of older ...

Recently, paleontologists Dr. John-Paul Zonneveld, Dr. Sarah Naone, and Dr. Brooks Britt described the discovery and classification of four new ichnotaxa (fossilized trace taxa) from the Eocene ...

Among some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed are those found in strange locations, and new research is now showing that the way these fossils were preserved is far from what scientists ...

"The first edition of this book was published in 1982. This ed. has been completely revised and updated."--T.p. verso. Edition statement from preface (p. 5). "The purpose of this fourth edition of ...

A pile of rock on a mountain hillside holds bugs, leaves, and seeds that are about 34 million years old. You can pry them loose with your own hands. Then you get to take every single one home. The ...

Scientists have uncovered a strange squid-like creature that swam through the seas of Wyoming around 160 million years ago.