River creature — with ‘fringe’ lips and teeth — discovered in Taiwan. See new species
Three researchers from National Taiwan University, Yen-Ting Lin, Yu-Hsiang Lin and Yu-San Han, teamed up with local fisherman ...
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9-million-year-old fossil of colossal Great White Shark ancestor discovered
The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...
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Why saber-toothed predators evolved their razer-sharp teeth
Canine teeth must be sharp and slender enough to puncture prey but also robust enough to resist breakage. Extreme saber morphologies prioritized puncture performance over breakage resistance ...
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National Treasure: The Fearsome Science Behind the T. rex, the King of the Dinosaurs
Known for its massive size, powerful jaws and razor-sharp teeth, the Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the most fearsome predators of the Late Cretaceous period.
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Scientists Suspect Newly Discovered Mosasaur Fossil Is a Forgery
The researchers from the 2021 study partly based their identification of the new mosasaur species on four sharp teeth found on an incomplete jawbone, dated to between 72.1 and 66 million years ago ...