GUWAHATI: Evidence suggesting that Northeast India was once part of a vast ocean has gone missing. A partially fossilized jaw ...

In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the ...

baleen in place of teeth for straining krill—present in cetaceans today. Thanks in large part to Philip Gingerich, the fossil record of whales now offers one of the most stunning demonstrations ...

Almost all fossil remains of megalodon are teeth. Sharks continually produce teeth throughout their entire lives ... protecting them from predators that were lurking in the open water, like the larger ...

Overall, the fossil record and anatomical studies of baleen whales illustrate a complex evolutionary ... system using baleen plates instead of teeth. Archaeocetes: An extinct group of early ...

For example, our knowledge of Megalodon's existence comes from the fossil record, which reveals teeth designed for hunting dolphins and whales. These teeth occur in the fossil record between 15 ...

Almost all fossil remains of megalodon are teeth. Sharks continually produce teeth throughout their entire lives ... protecting them from predators that were lurking in the open water, like the larger ...

Researchers have previously found fossilized whale skeletons with megalodon teeth embedded within them. While scientists are not sure if this means that the ancient shark actually did prey on ...

It's an ancient, long-extinct whale that would have tipped the scales ... remains suggests it lived about 39 million years ago. "The fossils were actually discovered 13 years ago, but their ...