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A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China by an international team of palaeontologist, the University of Queensland said. The footprint was made by a herbivorous, armoured dinosaur known broadly as a stegosaur. With a footprint of less than six centimetres, this is the smallest known stegosaur footprint.  Continue...  

  A fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived around 72-74 million years ago has been discovered in Chile, scientists said. A part of the creature's fossilised jawbone with five teeth attached was discovered close to the Torres del Paine national park. University of Chile's Sergio Soto said Chile's southern tip has a lot of potential in terms of palaeontology. Continue...

Scientists on Thursday announced the discovery of a nearly-complete fossil of a "bizarre" shark that existed about 93 million years ago. Called Aquilolamna milarcae, the shark was shaped unlike any other known marine creature and had curiously elongated wing-like fins. It had a fin span of about 6-1/4 feet and was about 5-1/2 feet in length.  Continue...  

A 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite rock found in the Sahara desert in May 2020 is the oldest volcanic rock ever found, scientists said. The University of Western Brittany's Jean-Alix Barrat-led team suggests the meteorite 'Erg Chech 002' was part of the crust of an ancient protoplanet that broke up early in the solar system's past.  Continue...  

  Images of New Delhi, India on Oct. 28, 2019, left, and April 20, 2020. India's air quality improved drastically during a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus. Earth Day 2020: Startling photos show pollution before and after the coronavirus lockdown This combination of Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, top, and Monday, April 20, 2020 photos shows India Gate in New Delhi. India's air quality improved drastically during a nationwide lockdown to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus.  Images of New Delhi, India on Oct. 28, 2019, left, and April 20, 2020. India's air quality improved drastically during a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus.  Just in time for Earth Day 2020, a new photo report reveals the visible transformation in the global atmosphere from the time before the era of coronavirus and now.t Saellite images, radar maps and photos from the ground taken prior to mid-March depict international industrial hubs, including New York City and New Delhi, as well as expanses ...

A tooth from a mammoth that lived more than 10 lakh years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence . Previously , the most ancient DNA sample was from a horse that lived between 560,000 and 780,000 years ago . " This DNA is incredibly old , " said Love Dalen , a professor of evolutionary genetics at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm .  Continue...

A four-year-old girl discovered a well-preserved dinosaur footprint on a beach near Barry in South Wales. As per National Museum Wales, the footprint has been preserved for 220 million years. It is just over 10 cm long and is likely to have been made by a dinosaur that stood about 75 cm tall and 2.5 m long, the museum added.  Continue...