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What is palæontology?

Literally, the word translates from Greek παλαιός + ον + λόγος [ old + being + science ] and is the science that unravels the æons-long story of life on the planet Earth, from the earliest monera to the endless forms we have now, including humans, and of the various long-dead offshoots that still inspire today. This community is open to anyone interested in paleontology, fossils, and evolution.

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What’s the most document extinct fossil species so far?

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2025/01/31
22:03 UTC

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Evolution question: why did Inuits and indigenous Americans not become white skinned?

A lot of them lived in snowy conditions. So why didn’t their skin become light to absorb more sunlight?

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2025/01/31
21:18 UTC

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Have you guys seen this game? Echoes of Extinction

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2025/01/31
20:16 UTC

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What if we gave prehistoric animals nicknames the same way we do for modern animals ?

I'll go first : land nessie (sauropods) Sea knigth(placoderms) Asian tyrant drake ( tarbosaur) False sabertooth (thylacosmilus) Combat wombat(thylacoleo)

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2025/01/31
20:13 UTC

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do we have a species name for the dinosaur who's tail got stuck in amber? Or it's undescribed+if it it's undescribed do we have an idea where does this animal places in the philogenetic tree of dinosaurs?

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2025/01/31
19:23 UTC

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Is Neovenatoridae still a valid family? If not, where do the genera assigned to it go now?

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2025/01/31
14:49 UTC

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MEGAFERAS - Recreio

Olha o que eu achei

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2025/01/31
14:32 UTC

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Dinocerata and embrithopoda

What makes unithatherium and arsinoitherium so much well known than Any other members of their respective orders?

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2025/01/31
10:43 UTC

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A possibility of resurrecting the Chinese paddlefish?

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2025/01/31
09:59 UTC

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Quetzalcoatlus and Pelicans

My girlfriend is really obsessed with the idea that quetzalcoatlus had a mouth like a pelican and wants the idea spread, so here we are lmao

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2025/01/31
05:12 UTC

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A verdade sobre o Dodô (The truth about Dodo)

Look at what i found

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2025/01/31
01:20 UTC

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Is the current mass-extinction already at a level comparable to the K-Pg event?

It seems like it is, based on the stats I've read. Please correct me if I'm wrong or point me to the place in the literature where the ambiguity about this is explained.

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2025/01/30
23:55 UTC

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My favorite prehistoric creatures (that weren’t dinosaurs)

Deinosuchus,Sarchosucus,Dimetrodon, mosasurus, dunkleosteus, Gorgonopsid insontrsuevua, Pulmonoscorpius kirktonensis, Titanoboa, arthropleura, Phorusrhacids, megalodon, Kaprosuchus, helicoprion, smilodon, liopleuron, kronosaurus, plesiosaurs, elasmosaurus, pterodactyl, short-faced bear

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2025/01/30
23:05 UTC

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highly speculative oviraptorid i made

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2025/01/30
22:34 UTC

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Am I too old and dumb to get into Paleontology?

I have always had an interest in Dinosaurs since I was extremely young, Dino books, dino movies, dino bedroom everything. But as I got older and discovered that I wasn't very good in school, i managed a C average at best, I have ADHD and Dyscalculia so my attention was always very off and my memory was god awful especially with numbers. I just barely passed College to get my bachelors degree (It's in history but it was kinda my backup when I realized how bad at math I was prior to the discovery of my Dyscalculia) and I have been out of school for almost six years now and I'm afraid that I'll do even worse since I have been out of it for so long. But recently I have been looking at my interests and trying to find something to go into as a career as I've just been bouncing from one mundane job to the next (I couldn't afford to do unpaid internships to get a job in my field) and I have been thinking about those old dreams I gave up on when I was a teenager but I feel like with my poor skills and time outside of school would prevent me from getting into the field and waste my money. Should I seriously consider it or just enjoy from the sidelines?

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2025/01/30
21:40 UTC

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Realistic Career

I am in high school and I've been obsessed with dinosaurs my whole life. I want to be a paleontologist but i'm not sure how realistic that really is. I want to be involved with forensics specifically. I've never met anyone with this career and people around me have made me feel like it's unrealistic and not something I would be able to find a job in. Any advice is appreciated, I want to pursue my passions.

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2025/01/30
21:14 UTC

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Significant findings of paleontology?

Hi folks. What are some others you guys think are significant discoveries? Not just a cool discovery, but something very informative or changed how we looked at something.

I’ve got a list, but I’m not sure if I’m forgetting anything.

Basic ones like discovering a furcula, archaeopteryx, smilodon’s healed broken leg, Sinosauropteryx coloring, brontosaurus saga, spinosaurus debacle, so on.

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2025/01/30
19:53 UTC

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Dive into the Devonian of Morocco

Morocco is home to some of the richest fossil assemblages in the world. On this podcast I am joined by Switzerland-based Paleontologist Christian Klug to guide us through the weird and wonderful ancient waters of the Devonian. Come join us and learn about the obscure ancient chondrichthyans and placoderms that called Morocco home!

2 Comments
2025/01/30
19:03 UTC

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