"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

Paleontologists have revealed what may be the earliest known saber-toothed animal to have ever lived—a predator that roamed ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

A giant skull of a prehistoric sea predator has been unearthed by a team of fossil hunters in the UK, the BBC reported. The more than 6-foot-long skull belongs to a pliosaur, a marine reptile that ...

1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths ...

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(CNN) — A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the remains of 46 Ice Age species, preserved for over ...

"Ancient sea cow attacked by a crocodile and sharks sheds new light on prehistoric food chains." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240829132517.htm (accessed October 17, 2025 ...

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