Tag Archives: Paleontologists

Paleontologists have unearthed a nearly complete fossil of a dimetrodon, a reptile-like predator that roamed the Permian landscape 287 million years ago. This weekend, the team is working to transport the 400-pound animal’s torso from its resting place in north Texas to Houston, where the fossil will be prepped for display in the newly renovated Houston Museum of Natural Science ... Read More »

Researchers have found fossilized remains of ancient penguins in Peru. Researchers have found that they used to be 5-feet tall and their ‘tuxedo’ may have been reddish-brown and gray. The first thing the graduate student saw was a set of foot bones at the surface of an excavation site in Peru. He turned over a rock and noticed a pattern ... Read More »