Cleveland’s iconic prehistoric sea monster—the 14-foot-long armored fish Dunkleosteus terrelli—just got a lot stranger. This marine apex predator lived some 360 million years ago, had razor-sharp bone ...

For nearly two decades, paleontologists thought they had Dunkleosteus terrelli figured out. This monstrous, 30-foot fish ruled Late Devonian oceans 360 million years ago. Scientists believed it used ...

Scientific name for fish: Have you ever thought about why a goldfish has a Latin name like Carassius auratus? If you look into the world of aquatic life, you'll see that each type of fish, from the ...

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Paul Wignallteaches palaeontology and sedimentology at the University of Leeds. Speaking to Times Evoke, he explains past — and present — trajectories of huge species losses on Earth. What is the core ...

Ohio, known as the “Buckeye State” or the “Heart of It All,” is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It’s famous for being the cradle of aviation, the birthplace of many celebrities, ...

A new study by Case Western Reserve University PhD student Russell Engelman published in PeerJ Life & Environment attempts to address a persistent problem in paleontology – what were the size of ...

Material of the antiarch placoderm Bothriolepis from the middle Givetian of the Valentia Slate Formation in Iveragh Peninsula, Ireland, is described and attributed to a new species, B. dairbhrensis sp ...

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Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fish fossil, is best known for its anatomy suggesting it may have walked out of the water and is also a very popular meme. Sung to the tune of The Killers’ Mr.