Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...

Scientists in Brazil identified marine worms that made at least some trace fossil burrows called Bifungites. By Priyanka Runwal If you know where to look, you can find dumbbell-shaped fossils in ...

A newly discovered velvet worm species is the first ever found in South Africa's arid Karoo region. In March 2022, ...

Fossilized feliform tracks discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. This collection of trace fossils are between 29 to 50 million years old and give additional context ...

“Trace fossils definitely do tell stories,” said Conner Bennett, lead author of a study describing the find and three others that was published in February in the journal Palaeontologia ...

About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures. Unbeknownst to that fish, its rejected meal was ...

These tracks, also known as trace fossils, include worm burrows, footprints, beak marks and impressions of claws that can tell scientists a lot about the animals that made them. Taking preserved ...

The scientists, led by fossil track specialist Conner Bennett, used advanced 3D imaging techniques to identify and analyze four sets of vertebrate trace fossils, including impressions left behind ...

While aardvarks leave many easily identifiable traces in their environments, the trace fossil record, including tracks, tail impressions, feeding traces, burrows, and even coprolites (fossil feces ...

The bias of the fossil record This helps explain why many ... animals may have lived and died without leaving any physical trace. Their bodies decomposed so quickly, or failed to create the ...