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Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head

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Paleontologists in China have identified a new species of armored, jawless fish from rocks around 419 million years old whose skull was shaped like the wing of a bat and whose unusual head made it an efficient glider through Devonian seas. The post Meet Bataspis crux, Jawless Fish that Cruised Devonian Seas with Batwing Head appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

18/08/2026 sci-news

A 30-year-old fossil was hiding bones from a mysterious ancient sea monster

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Fossils collected in Osaka more than 30 years ago have revealed a surprise hiding in plain sight: four previously unrecognized bones from a giant Cretaceous mosasaur. Among them is the first confirmed premaxilla—the frontmost bone of the upper jaw—ever identified in a Japanese mosasaur fossil. Even more intriguing, parts of the skull show unusual anatomical features that don’t match known mosasaurs, raising the possibility that the remains belong to an entirely new species.

15/08/2026 sciencedaily

New Haolonggood Tarbosaurus Models Coming into Stock at Everything Dinosaur

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Everything Dinosaur confirms that they will be stocking the new Haolonggood Tarbosaurus models. We welcome two new tyrannosaur figures in the Haolonggood theropod collection. Each figure is in approximately 1/35th scale. They will be available from Everything Dinosaur soon.  The models have articulated jaws. The two new Haolonggood Tarbosaurus bataar dinosaur models. Yang Lin

30/07/2026 everythingdinosaur

A forgotten fossil just revealed a new Triassic predator from 210 million years ago

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A fossil overlooked for nearly 80 years has revealed a previously unknown crocodile relative that lived 210 million years ago in what is now New Mexico. Named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa, the jackal-sized predator had a reinforced skull, powerful jaw muscles, and a short snout built for tackling larger prey.

30/07/2026 sciencedaily

Ancient Sea Creature Pushes Back Origins of Spider Fangs to 518 Million Years Ago

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Urokodia aequalis, an early Cambrian marine predator from the Chengjiang biota of China, preserves the earliest known evidence of chelicerae -- the pincer-like structures that later evolved into the fangs of spiders and the pincers of scorpions. The post Ancient Sea Creature Pushes Back Origins of Spider Fangs to 518 Million Years Ago appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

01/07/2026 sci-news