Read more about the article Scientists Discover 500-Million-Year-Old Insect Shaped Like Rabbit Ears
A restoration drawing of Phantaspis auritus. (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Huo Xiuquan/Newsflash)
History

Scientists Discover 500-Million-Year-Old Insect Shaped Like Rabbit Ears

Chinese scientists have discovered the fossil of a 500 million-year-old insect with a head resembling rabbit ears. The fossil of the ancient phantaspis auritus was found in the city of Weifang in the central-east Chinese province of Shandong. According to the newspaper Global Times, the insect, which lived around 500…

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January 22, 2021
Read more about the article Council Building Has 20-Million-Year-Old Fossil In Floor Tile
A 40-centimetre-long conch fossil discovered on floor tile. (Wang Yu/Newsflash)
History

Council Building Has 20-Million-Year-Old Fossil In Floor Tile

A well-known Chinese fossil expert did not have to look far for his latest discovery after realising that a polished floor tile in a government building contained a 20 million-year-old sea snail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00offyulzHY&feature=youtu.be Wang Yu/Newsflash Fossil researcher Wang Yu, who also blogs about fossil hunting, spotted the prehistoric snail on…

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January 18, 2021
Read more about the article Man Facing Jail For Fossil Hunting
Caption: 8,244 paleontological remains looted in various sites over the last 25 years seized by local police in the north-eastern Spanish province of Barcelona. (@mossos/Newsflash)
Crime

Man Facing Jail For Fossil Hunting

An elderly fossil hunter who amazingly collected more than 8,000 valuable prehistoric remains dating back millions of years is facing jail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EwO2ZZNdhw&feature=youtu.be @mossos/Newsflash The subject of ownership of fossils has come to the fore of late after David Attenborough publicly gave Prince George a 23-million-year-old fossilised tooth from a giant…

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October 7, 2020
Read more about the article Prince George To Keep Attenborough Shark Tooth Fossil
When they met, Sir David Attenborough gave Prince George a tooth from a giant shark, the scientific name of which is carcharocles megalodon. (@KensingtonRoyal/Newsflash)
Archaeology

Prince George To Keep Attenborough Shark Tooth Fossil

Prince George can keep his shark tooth according to Maltese officials who caused a stir over the 23 million year old fossil given to him by naturist Sir David Attenborough. Malta's Culture Minister Jose' Herrera caused an international fuss when he told the Times of Malta that he wanted to…

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October 6, 2020
Read more about the article New Species Of Dinosaur With Club-Like Tail Discovered
Palaeontologists in Zhucheng, Shandong, China, announced the discovery of a fossilised right ilium belonging to a member of the newly named dinosaur species ‘Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis’. (Dinosaur Research Center of Zhucheng / Newsflash)
Science

New Species Of Dinosaur With Club-Like Tail Discovered

Chinese have found the fossil of a new dinosaur which would have had a huge club-like tale to defend itself. The new dinosaur is reportedly from the genus ankylosaurus which were armour-plated dinosaurs that had huge bony tails that were used like a club to defend themselves. It lived at…

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September 2, 2020