In the middle of the Devonian Period some 385 million years ago, the Wissahickon Schist was the heart of a huge mountain chain that was something like the Pacific Northwest of today.Volcanoes formed ...
Paleontologists use ancient marine faunas to test long-term changes in our warming oceans. Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery -- ...
Black shales deposited in epeiric seas preserve dynamic, bottom-water oxygen conditions as inferred from high-resolution trace- and body-fossil data. Nearly all paleoproxies are imperfect; however, ...
About 360 million years ago, a huge armored fish patrolled a shallow sea that once covered what is now Cleveland. This animal, known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, has long held a place among the most ...
The Devonian Mass Extinction wiped out 70 percent of life from our planet some 360 million years ago, but what caused the deadly event has remained a mystery- until now. The animals, mostly marine ...
Muscle evolution Ancient armoured fish had complex musculature - including abdominal muscles - the discovery of uniquely preserved tissue on Australian placoderm fossils has revealed. The discovery ...
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Scientists reevaluate Cleveland’s iconic sea monster
Quick Take Cleveland’s famous sea monster, Dunkleosteus terrelli, was recently discovered to have a more typical jaw size than originally thought. It was also found to be of a more normal size ...
Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one that is millions of years in the making. A team of paleontologists led by Professor ...
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