By Jim Brace-Thompson
“We noticed the intense smell of rotten eggs when we crushed them.” So said geobiologist Helge Mißbach (University of Cologne, Germany). Mißbach...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Although some might beg to differ, most paleontologists now tend to agree: birds are dinosaurs! Specifically, avian theropod dinosaurs. New research suggests...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
As America begins evaluating its latest census data, a census of a different sort has been tallied recently; namely, a census of...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
It’s long been postulated that humans crossed over from Siberia to North America either via a land bridge that emerged during the...
By Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl
The Ordovician trilobite HOMOTELUS bromidensis is often found in mass death assemblages. It is theorized that they perished due to a...
By Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl
OLENELLUS fowleri is almost circular in shape. Its cephalon or head section is very large and broad and is the distinguishing...
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Ichnology is the scientific study of so-called trace fossils. Rather than direct remains of an organism (bones, teeth, carbonized leaves, etc.), trace...
By Joseph "PaleoJoe" Kchodl
The BUMASTIS ioxus trilobite was found in the United States during the digging of the Erie Canal. It was first discovered...