Paleontologists in China have discovered the skeletal remains of a remarkable new genus and species of huge-sized mamenchisaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic epoch. Fossil remains of Tongnanlong zhimingi. Image credit: Wei et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-09796-0. The newly-described species lived in what is now southwestern China some 147 million years ago (Late Jurassic epoch). Scientifically…
A new genus and species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine bird has been identified from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved with traces of feathers found in northeastern China. Holotype of Neobohaiornis lamadongensis. Image credit: Shen et al., doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-82869-8. Enantiornithes, or ‘opposite birds,’ are named for a feature in their shoulder joints that is ‘opposite’…
Named Alasemenia tria, the new specimen from the Wutong Formation in the Chinese province of Anhui dates back to the Famennian stage of the the Late Devonian epoch, making it the second-earliest known winged seed. Fertile branches and seeds of Alasemenia tria. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.7554/eLife.92962.3. Many plants need seeds to reproduce….