NB! · Palaeontology · Nature

The Pig-like Entelodont

NB! · Palaeontology · Nature

Skeleton of a female giant rhinoceros, seen from below

NB! · Museums · Palaeontology · Nature

The Jaw of a Pliosaur

Heritage · Society · Palaeontology · Nature

Russian citizen carried two dinosaur bone fragments from Mongolia through Kyakhta customs

"A citizen of Russia travelling from Mongolia to Russia through the Kyakhta MAPP customs post was carrying in his accompanied baggage two fragments of petrified bone tissue with a total weight of 2.45 kilograms. Experts determined that, by their morphological features, the fossils are fragments of a dinosaur

NB! · Museums · Palaeontology · Nature

a reconstructed skeleton of Cacops

Observations · Palaeontology · Nature · Humour

Cacops, regarded as one of the first amphibians, and how it escaped larger predators

Kakops lived at the end of the Cretaceous and dwelt on the banks of watercourses. Of interest because he is reckoned one of the first amphibians. Short legs and a short tail helped him to hop smartly into the water whenever larger predators drew near. Little is known of him;