Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is happening on the 8th and 9th June this year. You can check out the details below!
Continue reading “Experience the Jurassic Coast at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival”Caelestiventus Hanseni: New Triassic Pterosaur Fossil Discovery
On the 13th of August 2018 a new palaeontological discovery was announced in the Journal of Nature Ecology & Evolution. This discovery was of a new species of pterosaur called Caelestiventus hanseni its name meaning “heavenly wind”, it lived during the Triassic 210 million years ago, predating known pterosaur relatives by 65 million years. This article will discuss this incredible fossil discovery. Examining where it was found, the analysis that took place and what this fossil means for understanding pterosaur evolution.
Continue reading “Caelestiventus Hanseni: New Triassic Pterosaur Fossil Discovery”Pterosaur Fossil Find: Ground-breaking Insights into Hamipterus Tianshanensis
In November 2017 palaeontologists in north-western China unveiled a remarkable pterosaur discovery of hundreds of perfectly preserved eggs from the early Cretaceous. This article will look at this fossil find and explore three reasons why it should be considered one of the most important prehistoric discoveries of recent times.
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