Giant fossil lizard’s range extended into the North Caucasus
A comparative palaeontological study identifies the largest known anguine lizard at Ukrainian, Moldovan and Russian localities, including its most easterly ...
Tag: Pliocene
Pliocene fossils from Armenia reveal seven ruminant lineages in the Caucasus
Deep inside a diatomite mine in central Armenia, paleontologists have pieced together a rare snapshot of life roughly four million ...
Pliocene carnivorans from Jradzor, Armenia
A stratigraphically constrained Pliocene carnivoran assemblage from Jradzor, Armenia, spanning 4.16–3.98 Ma and 3.3 ± 0.03 Ma, documents five taxa ...
Zombie worms caught in the fossil record boring into Pliocene shark teeth
Micro-CT scans of Pliocene requiem shark teeth from Tuscany reveal Osspecus borings, the first fossil proof that Osedax zombie worms ...
Fossil Raccoon Dog From Armenia Rewrites the Story of Canid Brain Evolution
A new Pliocene raccoon dog species from Armenia reveals a jackal-like brain shape and hints at seasonal pack living, challenging ...
Armenian skull reveals a new Pliocene hyrax named in honour of Charles Aznavour
A beautifully preserved 3.3-million-year-old skull from Armenia reveals a new genus and species of hyrax, Armenohyrax aznavouriani, named after Charles ...
A Midge From a Nuclear Test Site Turns Up in the Caucasus, Rewriting Its Family Tree
A midge species once known only from Kazakhstan's former nuclear test site has been recorded for the first time in ...
Ancient Armenian tortoise with bony thigh spurs rewrites the origin story of the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise
A new Early Pliocene tortoise species from Armenia, dated between 4.16 and 3.98 million years ago, is the best-dated fossil ...
A new species of gerbil from the Early Pliocene of Spain sheds light on two dispersal events into the Iberian Peninsula
A new species of gerbil, Debrillina juliverte , has been described from the Early Pliocene of Spain, providing fresh evidence ...
Fossil Fish Ear Bones Reveal 8 Million Years of Gradual Modernization in the Western Pacific
A study of 4,893 fossil fish otoliths from northern Taiwan documents an eight-million-year sequence of gradual species replacement that transformed ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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