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Newly discovered dinosaur roamed South-East Asia 200 million years ago

Fossils unearthed in Thailand have been identified as a new species of dinosaur that fed on plants and roamed the wilds of South-East Asia

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Minimocursor phunoiensis was discovered in Thailand

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Two new sabretooth cat species identified from fossils in South Africa

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Amazing fossil hints mammals hunted dinosaurs three times their size

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Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside

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Ancient alligator had a stubby snout and may have chomped on snails

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Ancient reptiles' long necks made them vulnerable to decapitation

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Extinct lizard was a bizarrely supersized version of modern skinks

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Tam Pà Ling cave in northern Laos, where several human fossils dating back tens of thousands of years have been found

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Fossils in Laos cave imply modern humans were in Asia 86,000 years ago

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Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meat

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Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meat

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Broad-nosed ancient shark was one of earliest fish to smell in stereo

Fossils found in Morocco show the sensory specialisation of a 365-million-year-old shark, given the species name Maghriboselache mohamezanei

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Oldest ichthyosaur fossil hints they evolved before mass extinction

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Caption: New fossils of Protomelission from the Xiaoshiba biota, showing attachment of the alga to a brachiopod shell. Credit: Zhang Xiguang

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Fossil thought to be earliest bryozoan animal may actually be seaweed

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This is an artistic reconstruction of the Guiyang Biota. Guiyang Biota represents the oldest known Mesozoic lagerst?tte found so far. Guiyang Biota represents one of the earliest complete marine ecosystems after the great dying in Earth history. Guiyang Biota contains representatives of all trophic levels, especially abundant fish and decapod fossils, including about 1 m length coelacanths, and the earliest occurrences of lobsters and shrimps, extending the earliest record forward by 1.5 million years.

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Sea life recovered from Permian mass extinction faster than we thought

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Trilobites used trident-like horns to fight over mates like stags

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