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Paleontology - Environment - 28.11.2022
Beavers Have Lived in Family Clans in the Allgäu for More Than Eleven Million Years
Beavers Have Lived in Family Clans in the Allgäu for More Than Eleven Million Years
For paleontologists, Hammerschmiede in the Allgäu region, the site where the great ape Danuvius was discovered, is a treasure trove unlike any other: more than 140 fossil vertebrate species have been found here.

Paleontology - 07.06.2022
How plesiosaurs swam underwater
How plesiosaurs swam underwater
Plesiosaurs, which lived about 210 million years ago, adapted to life underwater in a unique way: their front and hind legs evolved in the course of evolution to form four uniform, wing-like flippers.

Paleontology - 19.05.2022
Previously unknown crocodile species lived in Asia 39 million years ago
Based on the many fossil finds of false gharial relatives from North Africa and Europe, palaeontologists believe that this crocodile species originated more than 50 million years ago in the western Tethys, a precursor to today's Mediterranean Sea.

Paleontology - Environment - 14.04.2022