In 2010, a single fossil was discovered in Denisova Cave in Russia, near Kazakhstan. This finger bone was identified to…
Compared to some of the other prehistoric animals which we talk about on Light Future Art, Phorusrhacos lived fairly recently.…
Dilophosaurus was a theropod who lived in North America roughly 190 million years ago. The first of the fossil specimens…
Camptosaurus lived in the late Jurassic Period and early Cretaceous, about 145 to 155 million years ago. The first specimen…
Postosuchus was a large reptile who lived approximately 230 million years ago. The first discovery of Postosuchus was in Texas…
We’ve talked here about prehistoric fish and about prehistoric land dwellers, but never about the evolutionary crossover between these two.…
Beelzebufo ampinga has been popularly called the “Devil toad” or the “frog from Hell”, and the name “Beelzebufo” itself even…
Othniel Charles Marsh first discovered Struthiomimus in the late 1800s, and subsequent fossils were discovered in the same location in…
Sea urchins first emerge in the fossil record around 450 million years ago. Because their bodies are rich in calcium,…
Macrauchenia lived all throughout South America from seven million years ago to as recent as 20,000 years ago, a time…