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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. [1] This includes the study of body fossils, tracks ( ichnites ), burrows , cast-off parts, fossilised feces ( coprolites ), palynomorphs and chemical residues .
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images Bryophaenocladius zealandiae [6]. Sp. nov Valid Baranov in Baranov et al. . Oligocene (Chattian) Pomahaka Formation
Evidence from the study of brain endocasts of extant and extinct mammals, indicative of cortical expansion in the areas of the brain involved in producing cognitive functions that began early on during the primate evolution, is presented by Melchionna et al. (2025), who argue that selection for complex cognition likely drove the evolution of primate brains.
Đaković, Mrdak & Gawlick (2025) describe three assemblages of Anisian ammonoids from the Komarani and Bulog formations (), including fossils of Ptychites rugifer, Megaphyllites obolus, Parakellnerites rothpletzi, Apleuroceras decrescens, Proteusites labiatus, Tropigastrites lahontanus, Proarcestes pannonicus, Proarcestes subtridentinus and Aristoptychites sp. extending known geographical ...
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Synonymized taxa Notes Images Palaeosinomenium indicum [13]. Sp. nov Kumar, Manchester & Khan Cretaceous-Paleocene (Maastrichtian-Danian)
Examples of Western Stemmed Tradition projectile points. The Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) is a Paleoindian archaeological culture known from the Intermountain West of North America, particularly the Great Basin and the Columbian Plateau, spanning from over 13,000 years Before Present (and thus overlapping with the more well-known Clovis culture) to around 8,500 years Before Present.
Keir Starmer has greenlit a plan to use the immigration system to recruit a new wave of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and loosen up data mining regulations to help Britain lead the world in ...
2025 in arthropod paleontology is a list of new arthropod fossil taxa, including arachnids, crustaceans, trilobites, and other arthropods (except insects, which have their own list) that were announced or described, as well as other significant arthropod paleontological discoveries and events which occurred in 2025.