WebSightings from 2023
A wealth of articles and news reports of interest to MGS members appears
on the web every day. As a service to our membership and others interested in paleontology and geology, links to some
of these articles and news reports appearing in 2023 will be gathered here. On occasion, a particularly
interesting post from a blog will be included.
These links are arranged by publication date, with the latest at the top.
WebSightings from 2022 can be accessed here.
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- Extinct Insect From
Baltic Amber Could Hear Ultrasounds, Bat Echolocation, Sci News, November 17, 2023.
- Ancient
Cycads: The Dinosaur-Era Plants That 'Breathed' Nitrogen to Survive Extinction, Duke University, Sci Tech Daily, November 16, 2023.
- Australian
Discovery of 120M-Year-Old Footprints Provides Earliest Evidence for Birds in Southern Hemisphere, Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, November 15, 2023.
- Fossils Are Shaped by People. Does That Matter?, Asher Elbein,
Undark, November 15, 2023.
-
Discovered in the Deep: The Ancient Plankton That Fill a Major Evolutionary Gap, Helen Scales, The Guardian, November 8, 2023.
- New 'Little Bitty' Dinosaur Discovered in
North Texas, Noor Adatia, Phys.Org, November 6, 2023.
- Two Fragments of Protoplanet Theia Lie Deep
With Earth, Geoscientists Say, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, November 1, 2023.
-
Dust Drove Dinosaurs' Extinction After Asteroid Impact, Scientists Say, Ian Sample, The Guardian, October 30, 2023.
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Fossil Found on the Side of the Road Is a New Species of Mosasaur, Jeanne Timmons, ARS Technica, October 30, 2023.
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'Extremely Rare' Jurassic-Era Fossils Discovered in Lake Powell, Gabrielle Canon, The Guardian, October 13, 2023.
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How Smithsonian Fossil Preparators Are Re-Excavating a Tyrannosaur From Its Past on Display, Jack Tamisiea, Smithsonian Magazine, October 11, 2023.
- 2023 Has Been
A Good Year For Dinosaur Discoveries, Avery Hurt, Discover, October 10, 2023.
- Paleontologists Describe Four New
Fossil Species of Feathertail Possums, Natali Anderson, Sci News, October 9, 2023.
-
Survival of the Newest: The Mammals That Survive Mass Extinctions Aren't as 'Boring' as Scientists Thought, Press Release, Field Museum,
October 4, 2023.
- New Computer Analysis
Hints Volcanism Killed the Dinosaurs, Not An Asteroid, Carolyn Gramling, Science News, September 28, 2023.
- Six New Species of Western
Australian Trilobite Discovered, Patrick Smith and Heidi J. Allen, Phys.Org, September 21, 2023.
- Australian Pink Diamonds
Were Formed When Supercontinent Nuna Was Breaking Up Into Fragments, Sci News, September 20, 2023.
- Fierce Predator Lived in South
America 265 Million Years Ago, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, September 12, 2023.
- 'Weird' Dinosaur
Prompts Rethink of Bird Evolution, Jude Coleman, Nature, provided at the Scientific American website, September 8, 2023.
- Jurassic Bird-Like
Dinosaur Had Long Lower Limbs, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, September 6, 2023.
- Teenager Helps
Uncover 34-Million-Year-Old Whale Skull in Alabama, Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, August 31, 2023.
- Late at Night on a
Deserted Beach, She Found a 15 Million-Year-Old Fossil, Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, August 27, 2023.
- The Oldest Plant-Eating Dinosaur
Has Been Found in India, Meenakshi J, New York Times, August 19, 2023.
- Most Complete Bird Skeleton
Ever Found Along Calvert Cliffs, Calvert Marine Museum, The Baynet, August 17, 2023.
- Meet The Tiny Ancient Whale
Named After King Tut, Skyler Ware, Science News, August 10, 2023.
- Oldest Species
of Swimming Jellyfish Discovered in 505m-Year-Old Fossils, Nabiha Ahmed, The Guardian, August 1, 2023.
- A Pancaked Turtle Fossil's 150-Million-Year-Old
Tale, Asher Elbein, New York Times, July 26, 2023.
- 'Dinosaur
Park' Makes Good on Its Name and Uncovers a Trove of Dinosaur Bones, Matt Hrodey, Discover, July 25, 2023.
-
Mass Extinction Event 260 Million Years Ago Resulted From Climate Change, Studies Say, Howard Lee, Ars Technica, July 25, 2023.
- New Neornithischian Dinosaur Unearthed in
Thailand, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, July 24, 2023.
- 'Not Always King':
Fossil Shows Mammal Sinking Teeth into Dinosaur, Nicola Davis, The Guardian, July 18, 2023.
- New Flying Fossil Reptile 'Elvis'
Takes Flight, Queen Mary University London, Science Daily, July 14, 2023.
- Study: Megalodon
was Slow Cruising Shark with Occasional Burst Swimming for Prey Capture, Sci News, July 12, 2023.
- This Ancient Lovecraftian Apex
Predator Chased and Pierced Soft Prey, Nikk Ogasa, Science News, July 9, 2023.
- The Sad Story
Behind a Fossil's 'Grin', Frieda Kreier, New York Times, June 16, 2023.
- New Fossils From Patagonia
May Rewrite the History of Duck-Billed Dinosaurs, Jack Buehler, Science News, June 16, 2023.
- Giant Armored Skinks Once
Roamed Australia, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, June 14, 2023.
- First Side-Necked Turtle Ever
Discovered in the United Kingdom, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, June 13, 2023.
- Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur
Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History, Yan Zhuang, New York Times, June 11, 2023.
- New Iguanodontian Dinosaur Unearthed in Utah,
Sci News, June 7, 2023.
- California Woman Finds Foot-Long
ancient Mastodon Tooth on Beach, Associated Press, The Guardian, June 2, 2023.
- Paleontologists
Discover Elephant Graveyard in North Florida, Jerald Pinson, Phys.Org, May 31, 2023.
- New Species of Dome-Headed
Dinosaur Identified in Montana, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, May 16, 2023.
- Jaw Shapes of 90 Shark Species Show
Evolution Driven by Habitat, University of Vienna, Phys.Org, May 16, 2023.
- 'Thunder Beast' Fossils Show
How Some Mammals Might Have Gotten Big, Elise Cutts, Science News, May 11, 2023.
- Unearthing the Most
Well-Preserved Dinosaur Embryos, Sean Mowbray, Discover, May 10, 2023.
- Couple
Unearths One of World's Greatest Fossil Finds in Mid-Wales, Linda Geddes, The Guardian, May 1, 2023.
- A Diverse Diaspsid Tooth Assemblage
From the Early Triassic (Driefontein Locality, South Africa), Records the Recovery of Diapsids Following the End-Triassic
Extinction, Devin K. Hoffman, et al., PLOS ONE, May 1, 2023.
- New Evidence That Frequent
Fires Struck Antarctica During the Age of Dinosaurs, 75 Million Years Ago, Chilean Antarctic Institute, Phys.Org, April 27, 2023.
- 110-Million-Year-Old Turtle Eggs
Unearthed in South Korea, Sergio Prostak, Science News, April 24, 2023.
- New Details of Tully Monster Revealed,
University of Tokyo, Phys.Org, April 17, 2023.
- Geologists
Discover a Critical Kill Mechanism Behind a 350 Million-Year-Old Series of Extinctions, University of Maryland, Sci Tech Daily,
April 15, 2023.
- New Species of Rhynchosaur Unearthed in
Wyoming, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, April 14, 2023.
- Newfound Bat Skeletons Are the
Oldest on Record, Sid Perkins, Science News, April 12, 2023.
- Study: Lightning Strikes Can Create
Phosphites on Earth's Surface, Sci News, April 11, 2023.
- Tyrannosaurus Rex Had Lips
Over Its Teeth, Research Suggests, Nicola Davis, The Guardian, March 30, 2023.
- Beaver Fossil Named After Buc-ee's, Monica
Kortsha, University of Texas at Austin, UT News, March 23, 2023.
- Jurassic Bark? Raffle the Dog's Rare
Fossil Find Goes on Display in Dorset, Steven Morris, The Guardian, March 16, 2023.
- Here's What Dinosaurs Really
Looked Like, Sean Mowbray, Discover, March 16, 2023.
- 520-Million-Year-Old Animal Fossils Might Not
Be Animals After All, Sid Perkins, Science News, March 8, 2023.
- 'Chunky Dunk?' Cleveland's
Prehistoric Sea Monster May Have Been Shorter, Stouter Than Once Believed, Case Western Reserve University, Phys.Org, March 1, 2023.
- Paleontologists Redescribe
Enigmatic Jurassic Shark Species, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, March 1, 2023.
- Earth Has a
Lot of Different Minerals - But Only a Finite Supply, Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, February 25, 2023.
- We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn't
the First., Joshua Sokol, The New York Times, February 21, 2023.
- Ancient Relative of Platypus Lived in South America
70 Million Years Ago, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, February 21, 2023.
- Fossil Study Challenges Assumptions About
the 'Great Dying', Erin Blakemore, The Washington Post, February 18, 2023.
- Fossil Guy Find 'Funky Worm' With a Philly Hook,
Tom Avril, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 2023.
- Young Country Diary:
Searching for Remains of a Vanished World, John (aged 10), The Guardian, February 18, 2023.
- Giant Footprint of Jurassic Carnivorous Dinosaur
Found in UK, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, February 17, 2023.
- Earliest Sea Scorpion Tracks on Land, Simon Braddy, Sci News, February 16, 2023.
- Insect Bites in Plant Fossils Reveal Leaves Could Fold Shut Millions of Years Ago,
Carolyn Gramling, Science News, February 15, 2023.
- Paleontologists Reconstruct Brains of
Two Spinosaur Species, Sci News, February 14, 2023.
Fossils Reveal Two
New Species of Giant Penguins, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, February 9, 2023.
- How the World of the
End-Permian Extinction Was Similar to Today - and How it Differed, Howard Lee, Ars Technica, February 8, 2023.
-
'Never Seen Before' - Scientists Discover an Extraordinary New Species of Pterosaur With Over 400 Teeth, University of Portsmouth, Sci Tech Daily, February 8, 2023.
- Fossils in Northern
Alberta Riverbed May Reveal New Facts About Dinosaur Evolution, Corwin Sullivan, The Conversation, February 2, 2023.
-
Smithsonian Scientists Unearth Signs of an Ancient Climate Calamity Buried Beneath the Seafloor, Jack Tamisiea, Smithsonian Magazine, February 2, 2023.
- 319-Million-Year-Old Fish Preserves the Earliest Fossilized Brain
of a Backboned Animal, University of Michigan, Science Daily, February 1, 2023.
- Surprising Finding:
New Analysis Reveals the Secrets of Dinosaur Diets, University of Tokyo, Sci Tech Daily, January 28, 2023.
- Mercury Helps to Detail Earth's Most Massive
Extinction Event, University of Connecticut, Science Daily, January 27, 2023.
- Fossils Suggest Early Primates
Lived in Once-Swampy Arctic, Freda Kreie, Science News, January 25, 2023.
- Paleontologists Find 256 Fossil Titansaur
Eggs in India, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, January 19, 2023.
- Why This Trilobite
Had Neptune's Trident For a Nose, Asher Elbein, The New York Times, January 16, 2023.
- 9-Year-Old
Plucks 15-Million-Year-Old Shark Tooth From Maryland Waters, Jennifer Hassan, The Washington Post, January 11, 2023.
- How the Age of Reptiles
Began 250 Million Years Ago, Riley Black, Discover, January 10, 2023.
- The T. rex May Have Been a
Lot Smarter Than You Think, Dino Grandoni, The Washington Post, January 9, 2023.
- Sunscreen-Like Chemicals
Found in Fossil Plants Reveal UV Radiation Was Involved in Mass Extinction Events, University of Nottingham, Phys.Org, January 6, 2023.
- Early Cretaceous Bird Had Dinosaur-Like
Skull and Bird-Like Body, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, January 4, 2023.
- Me and My Rhino: A Relationship Five Million Years
in the Making, Jack Leeming, Nature, January 4, 2023.
- Paleontologists Discover Extinct Lizard
That Lived Among Dinosaurs, Enrico de Lazaro, Sci News, January 3, 2023.
- Satellite Imagery Could
Improve Fossil-Hunting at Remote Sites, Laurel Hamers (University of Oregon), Phys.Org, January 3, 2023.
- The Fossil Flowers That
Rewrote the History of Life, Ben Crair, The New Yorker, January 2, 2023.
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