"The fossil fat now confirms Dickinsonia as the oldest known animal fossil, solving a decades-old mystery that has been the Holy Grail of palaeontology." The Ediacaran biota appeared around 600 ...

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Discovered in a quarry near Bristol, this 205-million-year-old fossil is the oldest modern-type lizard ever found.

A now-dead clam nicknamed “Ming” is the oldest living individual animal ever found at 507 years old.

An exquisitely preserved fossilised tadpole is the oldest ever discovered by science ... Palaeontologists found the fossil in January 2020 while searching for feathered dinosaurs in Santa ...

AN ANCIENT lizard dating back 205million years has been confirmed to be the “world’s oldest” in a fresh study. The fossilised ...

The tiny skeleton, unearthed from Triassic-aged rocks in a quarry near Bristol, is at least 205 million years old and the oldest modern ... proves that the fossil is related to modern anguimorphs ...

‘This is an especially exciting find due to the age of the rocks – these fossils are found in rock layers which actually pre-date the oldest fossils of complex animals – at least that is what all ...

A tadpole fossil found in Argentina, dating back at least 161 million years, is the oldest that has ever been discovered. The fossil was found back in January 2020, with news of the discovery ...

It is also the oldest monstersauria found so far. The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Nature and Human Activities in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, said on Nov. 25 that the jawbone fossil is the first from ...

A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.

Scientists have identified Uncus dzaugisi, the oldest ecdysozoan fossil from the Precambrian period, confirming long-held ...