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Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever

The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been as long as 15 metres

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Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever

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Extinct freshwater dolphin from the Amazon was largest of all time

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Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna

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Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

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When does a bone become a fossil?

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FIG. 1 Cannibal Pachycormus 32427 (color)_2 https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2294000

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Exquisite Jurassic fossils reveal cannibalism in ancient fish

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Captorhinus aguti

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Oldest known skin fossil is from 300-million-year-old reptile

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Early fossil identified as new species of Tyrannosaurus

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Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster,01-01-2024,Sir David Attenborough, Steve Etches,Sir David Attenborough and Steve Etches examine the fossilised snout of a pliosaur in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK **STRICTLY EMBARGOED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL 00:01 HRS ON MONDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2023**,BBC Studios,Screengrab

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Massive pliosaur skull sheds light on ancient sea reptile

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1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved

Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthetic structures called thylakoids, which may have driven the accumulation of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere

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Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

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An ancient whale claimed the title of heaviest animal ever in 2023

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Illustration of a Trilobite Gut Fossil.

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Ancient trilobite stuffed itself with food almost to bursting point

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Artist illustration of Prosaurosphargis yingzishanensis

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Ancient armoured animal leads to rethink of reptile evolutionary tree

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