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Paleontologists ID Ancient Whale That Looks More Like A Pokémon Than A Predator

Huffington Post 16 Aug 2025
Scientist Erich Fitzgerald described the 25-million-year-old fossil as “some weird kind of mash-up between a whale, a seal and a Pokémon.” ... .
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Paleontologists Discover Weird ‘Pokémon’ Ancestor of Modern Whales

The Daily Beast 16 Aug 2025
Janjucetus dullardi “might have looked for all the world like some weird kind of mash-up between a whale, a seal, and a Pokémon,” according to Erich Fitzgerald, a senior paleontologist at Museums ...
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Paleontologists discover ‘unusual’ long-necked plesiosaur in Germany

Popular Science 04 Aug 2025
In 1978, paleontologists discovered the remarkable, nearly complete skeleton with even some fossilized tissue surviving, at a quarry in the famous Posidonia Shale fossil bed roughly 18 miles southeast of Stuttgart.
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Paleontologists Discover One of North America's Earliest Flying Reptiles

Newsweek 07 Jul 2025
A new winged reptile that lived once with the dinosaurs has been discovered in Arizona ....
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Tech Support - Paleontologist Answers Fossil Questions

Wired 01 Jul 2025
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Paleontologists Find Skeleton That Weirdly Looks Exactly Like Barney the Purple Dinosaur

Futurism 28 Jun 2025
Funky Dino ... Paleontologist Andre LuJan told the newspaper that he found the skeleton of the semiaquatic ancient amphibian recently in Archer County, in a quarry that dates back to the Permian era, about over 280 million years ago ... For more info ... ....
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Historical Marker at Thacher State Park Honors New York State’s First Female Paleontologist (New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation)

Public Technologies 13 Jun 2025
Winifred Goldring was the first woman to serve as a state paleontologist in the world. (Voorheesville, NY) - A historical marker honoring New York State's first female paleontologist was unveiled at John Boyd Thacher State Park on June 13, 2025.
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Historical Marker at Thacher State Park Honors New York State’s First Female Paleontologist (New York State Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation)

Public Technologies 13 Jun 2025
Winifred Goldring was the first woman to serve as a state paleontologist in the world. (Voorheesville, NY) - A historical marker honoring New York State's first female paleontologist was unveiled at John Boyd Thacher State Park on June 13, 2025.
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UCalgary paleontologists identify closest-known ancestor to Tyrannosaurs (University of Calgary)

Public Technologies 12 Jun 2025
Calgary, AB - Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur, Khankhuuluu, which is being described as the closest-known ancestor to the giant Tyrannosaurs ... paleontologist Altangerel Perle.
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UCalgary paleontologists identify closest known ancestor of tyrannosaurs (University of Calgary)

Public Technologies 11 Jun 2025
) Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur, named Khankhuuluu, which is the closest-known ancestor to the gigantic tyrannosaurs ... [...] ... Disclaimer ... (noodl. 124825115) .
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