The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes
Apart from the Phyllopod Bed of the Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian) polychaete annelids are practically unknown from any of the Cambrian Lagerst??tten.

A new dragonfly family from the Upper Cretaceous of France
The new aeshnopteran family Enigmaeshnidae is proposed for Enigmaeshna deprei gen. et sp. nov., the first fossil insect collected as imprint in the Earliest Cenomanian clay of the Puy???Puy quarry at Tonnay???Charente

Velociraptor had feathers
Finding by American Museum of Natural History paleontologists shows even large dinosaurs may have been feathered

Toothy dinosaur newest to come out of southern Utah
The newest dinosaur species to emerge from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument had some serious bite

Fossil record reveals elusive jellyfish more than 500 million years old
Using recently discovered "fossil snapshots" found in rocks more than 500 million years old, three University of Kansas researchers have described the oldest definitive jellyfish ever found.

Student identifies enormous new dinosaur
Remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found, recognized as new species by a student

New dinosaur from Mexico offers insights into ancient life on West America
A new species of dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is giving scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America

The oldest fossil record of the extant penguin genus Spheniscus—a new species from the Miocene of Peru
Described here is a partial postcranial skeleton and additional disarticulated but associated bones of the new fossil penguin Spheniscus muizoni sp. nov.

Microconchid tubeworms from the Jurassic of England and France
The Bajocian tubeworm Spirorbis midfordensis, previously regarded as a spirorbid polychaete, is reinterpreted as a microconchid and assigned to Punctaconchus gen. nov. along with two new species

Abundance and distribution of Lithophaga (Mytilidae) in extant and fossil oysters: taphonomic and paleobiological implications
In this study the authors analyze the abundance and distribution patterns of Lithophaga patagonica

The Triassic Insect Fauna from Argentina. Blattoptera from the Los Rastros Formation (Bermejo Basin), La Rioja Province
This contribution describes new fossil insect taxa from the Los Rastros Formation (early Late Triassic), La Rioja Province (Argentina).

Maastrichtian and Danian species of Turkostreini (Ostreidae, Crassostreinae) from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
Record reveals that the two genera involved have a history that reaches back into the Late Cretaceous in northern Patagonia.

Description of a sauropod dinosaur braincase (Titanosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Rio Colorado Subgroup, Patagonia
Here the authors describe a new braincase (MUCPv-334) that was recovered from reddish sandstones of the Rio Colorado Subgroup...

Paleontologists Study A Remarkably Well-preserved Baby Siberian Mammoth
University of Michigan paleontologist returned from Siberia where he spent a week as part of a six-member international team that examined the frozen, nearly intact remains of a 4-month-old female woolly mammoth.

Feeding Habits Of Flying Reptiles Uncovered
Scientists at the University of Sheffield, collaborating with colleagues at the Universities of Portsmouth and Reading, have taken a step back in time and provided a new insight into the lifestyle of a prehistoric flying reptile.

Fossil Fish Jaws Give Information On Our Own Remote Ancestors
When we lose our milk teeth they are replaced by new permanent teeth growing out in exactly the same positions.

'Killer kangaroo' evidence found
Palaeontologists digging in northern Australia have found fossil evidence of several new species - including a "killer kangaroo".

Newfound Ancient Beast Dubbed Godzilla
A newfound ancient sea creature looks to be part crocodile, part T. rex, and 100 percent terrifying.

'Fossil' rock rat pictured alive
Images have been obtained of a live Laotian rock rat, the animal science now believes to be the sole survivor of an ancient group of rodents.

Geologists Find First Clue To Tyrannosaurus Rex Gender In Bone Tissue
Paleontologists say that T. rex fossil from Montana is that of a young female. The proof they say is in the bones.