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• Triassic Coelacanths Used Ossified Lungs as Underwater Auditory Sensors According to New Research

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Research

  A study led by the University of Geneva and the Natural History Museum of Geneva has discovered that 240-million-year-old coelacanths possessed a unique auditory system centered in...

• Newly Discovered Crocodile Ancestor Sonselasuchus Cedrus Transitioned From Four Legs to Two During Adulthood

  Published: Mar 9, 2026

  Section: Research

  Paleontologists have identified a Triassic reptile, Sonselasuchus cedrus, that uniquely shifted its posture from a quadrupedal adolescent to a bipedal adult. Found in Arizona’s Pet...

• Rediscovered Australian Fossils Reveal Diverse Marine Amphibian Community From the Dawn of the Dinosaur Age

  Published: Feb 24, 2026

  Section: Research

  A re-examination of 250-million-year-old fossils from Western Australia’s Kimberley region has identified a surprisingly diverse community of marine amphibians called trematosaurid...