By Will Dunham Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature ...

Scientists discovered the skull of Tyrannoroter, a 307-million-year-old plant-eating vertebrate, in Nova Scotia. The find alters our understanding of early tetrapods and their dietary evolution, ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

According to the researchers, the fossil represents an early shift in diet that helped shape modern terrestrial ecosystems.

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It’s time to travel back over 300 million years to the Carboniferous period, a time famous for vast rainforests on land and extraordinary life beneath the waves. Along this lakeshore, the rocks ...

A study reveals how the Sigillaria brardii species -- a fossil plant typical of peatlands and abundant in the flora of Europe and North America during the Upper Carboniferous -- colonized new areas in ...

Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges what we think arthropods can achieve.

The Carboniferous period is pivotal in the geological record, marked by intricate stratigraphic sequences and diverse microfossil assemblages that reveal past environmental conditions and tectonic ...

Dr Aaron Camens, Professor John Long and Dr Alice Clement with a replica of the fossil trackways at Flinders University's Palaeontology Lab. The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to ...

"I'm stunned." says Per Ahlberg of Uppsala University, who coordinated the study; "A single track-bearing slab, which one person can lift, calls into question everything we thought we knew about when ...