Tag: Elizabeth Catlos
September 28, 2026
Meteor hit Oklahoma 100 Million Years Later Than Previously Thought
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have rewritten a small part of Oklahoma’s geologic history with global implications for ancient life. Below the…
Read MoreMay 29, 2025
Long Shot Science Leads to Revised Age for Land-Animal Ancestor
In 1984, an amateur paleontologist in Scotland found a remarkable specimen: a nearly complete fossil of what looked to be a lizard or salamander. Rather…
Read MoreMay 27, 2020
World’s Oldest Bug is Fossil Millipede from Scotland
A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world’s oldest “bug” — older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid…
Read MoreJuly 5, 2017
Ancient Animal Thought to be First Air Breather on Land Loses Claim to Fame
Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s…
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