Tag: paleontology
Prehistoric detective researches in Erlangen – Bavaria
The key to primeval times is somewhat reminiscent of a heart. But the 150-million-year-old coral is not red, but beige. She doesn’t breathe oxygen either, she breathes history. Concentrated, Wolfgang…
Erlangen: The primeval detective – Bavaria
The key to primeval times is somewhat reminiscent of a heart. But the 150-million-year-old coral is not red, but beige. She doesn’t breathe oxygen either, she breathes history. Concentrated, Wolfgang…
Asteroid Impact: "The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring"
66 million years ago, an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. Researchers now want to have determined the season of the impact – it could explain why some species were spared.…
Ten-meter-long ichthyosaur fossil discovered in Great Britain – knowledge
It’s ten meters long, and the skull alone weighs a ton – that’s the size of an ichthyosaur fossil that British researchers found in a reservoir in the East Midlands.…
Ten-meter-long ichthyosaur fossil discovered in Great Britain – knowledge
It is ten meters long and the skull alone weighs a ton – these are the dimensions of an ichthyosaur fossil that British researchers found in a reservoir in the…
Film “Ammonite” with Kate Winslet in the cinema – culture
Women’s hands scrub a barely-ending parquet floor. Rod after rod, in an effective routine, interrupted only by hurrying footsteps. A man in a suit sweeps the cleaning lady aside and…
Dinosaurs: Rare Fossil Controversy Enters Next Round – Knowledge
In December 2020, a 110-million-year-old dinosaur from Brazil stunned scientists with its fur-like hairs and spear-like feathers that sprout from its shoulders. But Ubirajara jubatus, as the scientists called the…
Science and Colonialism: "It’s like a second extinction"
For months, Brazilian paleontologists have been demanding the return of a rare dinosaur fossil from a Karlsruhe museum – now the dispute is entering a new round. Why the Ubirajara…
Why dinosaurs waved their tails – knowledge
The tails of two-legged dinosaurs not only formed a rigid counterweight to the head, but, according to new findings, played an important role in the sequence of movements. Similar to…
230 million year old beetle discovered in Dinokot – knowledge
Nearly complete specimens of an early species of beetle have survived an estimated 230 million years in fossilized dinosaur droppings. A research group was able to make the insects with…