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"Tamirkhan's hind legs are long and slender with distinctive ankles, traits that are unmistakably zalambdalestoid," said study author Shawn Zack, a paleontologist at the University of Arizona.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It’s the most complete mastodon molar from our area, and the most spectacular mastodon molar that I’ve ever seen,” Wayne Thompson, a paleontologist and owner of the firm Pacific Paleontology, said in the news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Countless more fossils remain in the ground, including at Phu Wiang National Park, two hours away, where Suravech and his veteran paleontologist father -- and boss -- Varuvudh work on a dig.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

His portrayal of a paleontologist suddenly discovering that the creatures he’s studied in rock and bone have come to life is just masterful.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Paul Martin, a paleontologist who was one of Haynes’s Arizona colleagues, thought otherwise.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The advance could help geologists, paleontologists and archaeologists assign more reliable dates to events in Earth's past.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Crinoid fossils give paleontologists important clues about how early animals evolved and how complex life developed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tuesday's purchase by an anonymous buyer highlights a surging market for dinosaur bones -- a trend that has drawn criticism from some paleontologists over the specimens going into private hands.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The assumed shape of the Jupiter bird’s toe bone, as imagined by paleontologists, the caption read.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff