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Ming (c. 1498 or 1499–2006), also known as Hafrún, was an ocean quahog clam (Arctica islandica, family Arcticidae) that was dredged off the coast of Iceland in 2006 and whose age was calculated by counting annual growth lines in the shell. Ming was the oldest individual (non-clonal) animal ever discovered whose age could be precisely determined.
The generic name, Ahvaytum (Shoshoni pronunciation: [ɑβɑjttum]), means "long ago", referring to the specimen's old age. The specific name, bahndooiveche (Shoshoni pronunciation: [pɑnduiβitʃi̥]), literally translates to "water's young man", and is the term used to refer to both dinosaurs and the colorful native salamanders.
Lucy Catalog no. AL 288-1 Common name Lucy Species Australopithecus afarensis Age 3.2 million years Place discovered Afar Depression, Ethiopia Date discovered November 24, 1974 ; 50 years ago (1974-11-24) Discovered by Donald Johanson Maurice Taieb Yves Coppens Tom Gray AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkʼinesh, is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 ...
The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric animal prints, are estimated to be 115,000 years old. Many fossil and artifact windfalls have come from situations like this ...
A dromaeosaur whose remains have been found in Oklahoma. Possible teeth found in Maryland. Diplotomodon: Upper Cretaceous: carnivore: Dubious name for a species of tyrannosauroid from New Jersey, possibly a Dryptosaurus or a potentially new genus. Dryptosaurus: Upper Cretaceous: carnivore: Medium-sized tyrannosauroid from New Jersey.
Push aside imagery of the towering Tyrannosaurus rex because the smallest-ever dinosaur eggs have been unearthed and represent an all new type of dinosaur species.. Six small non-avian dinosaur ...
Scientists have found the U.K.’s largest dinosaur footprint site ever. The tracks were discovered in a quarry in Oxfordshire — about 60 miles northwest of London — by quarry employee Gary ...
Eve's footprint is the popular name for a set of fossilised footprints discovered on the shore of Langebaan Lagoon, South Africa in 1995. They are thought to be those of a female human and have been dated to approximately 117,000 years ago. This makes them the oldest known footprints of an anatomically modern human.