en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/fossil/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/fossil_is_new_family_of_dinosaur/ A fossilised bone dug up near Hastings 113 years ago has been recognised as a completely new family of dinosaur. The animal belongs to a general type of dinosaur called a sauropod - which was characterised by a large body, a long neck and a small head. news science 2007-11-15 08:23:40 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossil_is_new_family_of_dinosaur/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7096104.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossil_is_new_family_of_dinosaur/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/fisherman_catches_living_fossil/ An extremely rare "living fossil" caught by a fisherman in Indonesia is being examined by scientists. The 1.3m-long (4.3ft), 50kg (110lb) coelacanth is only the second ever to have been captured in Asia and has been described as a "significant find". news science 2007-08-01 16:08:41 http://www.newsique.com/science/fisherman_catches_living_fossil/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6925784.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Amazing [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fisherman_catches_living_fossil/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/two-headed_reptile_fossil_found_/ French and Chinese paleontologists have identified the fossil of a two-headed reptile from a species that lived in what is now China nearly 150 million years ago. news science 2006-12-20 09:20:49 http://www.newsique.com/science/two-headed_reptile_fossil_found_/ Breitbart http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/061220004009.bweyjj15.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/breitbart/ 95 Interesting [7] 90 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/two-headed_reptile_fossil_found_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/elephant_had_aquatic_ancestor/ An ancient ancestor of the elephant from 37 million years ago lived in water and had a similar lifestyle to a hippo, a fossil study has suggested. The animal was said to be similar to a tapir, a hoofed mammal which looks like a cross between a horse an news science 2008-04-15 08:19:10 http://www.newsique.com/science/elephant_had_aquatic_ancestor/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7347284.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/elephant_had_aquatic_ancestor/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/frog_from_hell_fossil_unearthed/ A 70-million-year-old fossil of a giant frog has been unearthed in Madagascar by a team of UK and US scientists. The creature would have been the size of a "squashed beach ball" and weighed about 4kg (9lb), the researchers said. They added that the news science 2008-02-19 08:28:57 http://www.newsique.com/science/frog_from_hell_fossil_unearthed/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7251666.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/frog_from_hell_fossil_unearthed/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/flying_reptiles_came_in_miniatur/ A new fossil species of flying reptile with a wingspan of less than 30cm (1ft) has been discovered in China. The nearly complete articulated skeleton was unearthed in fossil beds from north-eastern China. The 120-million-year-old reptile had not rea news science 2008-02-12 08:15:17 http://www.newsique.com/science/flying_reptiles_came_in_miniatur/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7239862.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/flying_reptiles_came_in_miniatur/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/flesh_wound_reveals_dino_secrets/ A fossil unearthed in China has given scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like in the flesh. The plant-eating Psittacosaurus had a thick layer of shark-like skin hidden under scales or feathers. Palaeontologists believe this tough outer news science 2008-01-09 08:19:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/flesh_wound_reveals_dino_secrets/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7177181.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/flesh_wound_reveals_dino_secrets/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/new_african_ape_fossil_discovere/ The fossil of an ape that lived 10 million years ago could hold clues to the dawn of human evolution. The ancient ape appears to be a close relative of the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimps and humans, according to a Kenyan-Japanese team. The news science 2007-11-14 08:19:37 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_african_ape_fossil_discovere/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7092424.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_african_ape_fossil_discovere/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/fossils_of_jellyfish_found_in_ut/ The fossil remains of fragile jellyfish that lived some 505 million years ago have been discovered in the rocks of a Utah mountainside that once lay at the bottom of a shallow tropical sea. The ancient fossils are strikingly similar to modern jellyfish news science 2007-11-05 08:15:31 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossils_of_jellyfish_found_in_ut/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/179936239/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossils_of_jellyfish_found_in_ut/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/scientists_discover_fossil_bones/ Xu Xing, a Chinese paleontologist, puzzled over the thigh bone of a monstrous new dinosaur he and his partners had discovered in the rich fossil beds of the Gobi desert. The bone was so big, he said in an e-mail to The Chronicle, that he thought he and news science 2007-06-14 01:21:46 http://www.newsique.com/science/scientists_discover_fossil_bones/ SF Gate http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/13/BAGU4QDBBJ26.DTL http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/scientists_discover_fossil_bones/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/fossilised_trees_mystery_solved/ A Cardiff fossil expert has identified a pair of 385-million-year-old trees, thought to be among the world's oldest. American researchers found fossilised remains in New York state two years ago, but their identity was unknown. They called in Dr Chr news science 2007-04-20 14:59:54 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossilised_trees_mystery_solved/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6568233.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/fossilised_trees_mystery_solved/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/ The biggest whale fossil ever discovered in Italy has been found in one of the country's finest vineyards. The five-million-year-old skeleton, 33ft (10m) in length, was dug up in the northern grape-growing area of Tuscany. The vineyards of Castello news science 2007-03-23 09:31:51 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6482859.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/whale_fossil_is_found_in_vineyar/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/dinosaur_eggs_reportedly_found_i/ Three Indian explorers have recovered more than 100 fossilized eggs of dinosaurs in a remote area in a central Indian state, a news report said Monday. news science 2007-02-05 22:40:47 http://www.newsique.com/science/dinosaur_eggs_reportedly_found_i/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070205/ap_on_sc/india_dinosaur_eggs http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/dinosaur_eggs_reportedly_found_i/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/global_growth_in_carbon_emission/ The growth in global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels over the past five years was four times greater than for the preceding 10 years, according to a study that exposes critical flaws in the attempts to avert damaging climate change. news science 2006-11-11 18:29:30 http://www.newsique.com/science/global_growth_in_carbon_emission/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1963236.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [2] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/global_growth_in_carbon_emission/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/seed_fossil_fish_fills_evolution/ A 380 million-year-old fossil has filled a gap in understanding how fish evolved into the first land animals, Australian scientists say. news science 2006-10-20 09:59:10 http://www.newsique.com/science/seed_fossil_fish_fills_evolution/ Seed Magazine http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/10/fossil_fish_fills_evolutionary.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/seedmagazine/ 100 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/seed_fossil_fish_fills_evolution/#comments