fossils
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If dinosaurs as small as mice had been widespread, researchers would expect at least some of their fossils to have turned up alongside these other tiny animals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
When their fossils are discovered, it helps scientists piece together how local environments changed over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Although it was mostly carrying wheat, it also had a cargo of dinosaur fossils from Alberta that were being moved to the UK.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The new fossils were found in ancient rock layers in Canada's Mackenzie Mountains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
This happened around 600 million years ago, at the beginning of the Paleozoic era, and accounts for the sudden abundance of marine fossils of all kinds in the record of this period.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
