Initially discovered in 1988, the fossil sat in Japan’s Museum of Unique Insect Fossils for decades, ... A larger imprint allowed researchers to confirm the species to which it belonged.

The fossil imprints, while lacking any bones of the animals, actually contain rare information that bones cannot, said Lucas. Without the imprints of the webbed four-toed feet, ...

The fossils from Antarctica include the imprints of Triassic plants. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Other fossils document the traces of Antarctica’s Triassic environment, ...

Cracking these concretions reveals the imprints of soft-bodied animals that resemble bulge-eyed aliens. In the 1950s, a local collector named Francis Tully discovered the imprint of a torpedo ...

Fossil rain suggests the atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago boasted a hydrocarbon haze. Skip to main content. ... What was clearly preserved, however, are the fossil imprints of ancient rain.

His hunt for fossils was not going according to plan. ... Knecht found an imprint that had been made by a small flying insect, much like a modern mayfly, around 310 million years ago.

The 506 million-year-old fossil is an imprint of a creature that had three eyes, a jaw lined with teeth, sharp claws and abdominal segments lined with gills.

The fossil dates back to around 240 million years old, the National Museums of Scotland announced, and includes the animal’s imprint curled up with its long neck wrapped in a circle .

Illinois’ commercial fossil trade is alive and well thanks to collectors who are motivated by money, science and the hunt — and who test the outer bounds of legality.

A fossil of a tadpole from Argentina is 161 million years old ... “However, after many days of digging, one team member found a stone with a particular imprint on it – a fossil tadpole. ...

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in Hyogo Prefecture, the imprint of a large butterfly wing and body is now ...