Tag: France
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Fossil Friday #301: French Palaeocaris
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #301. Expect this to be a regular feature of the website. We will post fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Bluesky/Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! In Mazon Monday #294, we highlighted the fossil site at…
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Paleontologists Describe New Species of Rhabdodontid Dinosaur
SciNews has a story about the discovery of a new rhabdodontid dinosaur species, Obelignathus septimanicus. Obelignathus septimanicus lived about 72 million years ago in the late Cretaceous Period in what is now southern France. Rhabdodontid dinosaurs were small to medium-sized, probably bipedal herbivores that grew to between 2 and 6 m (6.6-20 feet) in length. …
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Jurassic pliosaur ‘megapredator’ was a giant ‘sea murderer’
Live Science has a story about a “megapredator” of the Jurassic. The new pliosaur species, Lorrainosaurus, lived about 170 million years ago. Pliosaurs ruled the oceans during the Jurassic. This animal was found in the former region of Lorraine (now part of Grand Est) in northeastern France. A paper in the journal Scientific Reports reexamined…
