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Twisted-Jaw Fossil: Ancient 'Living Fossil' Found in Brazil - Chicago Today
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (237+ words) Published on Mar. 4, 2026 Paleontologists have discovered a previously unknown species of prehistoric tetrapod named Tanyka amnicola in Brazil. This ancient creature, dating back 275 million years to the Permian period, is distinguished by its bizarrely twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth, offering…...
'Jurassic Park' paleontologist parts ways with university after appearing in Epstein files
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (679+ words) Jack Horner, a consultant on all seven films in the "Jurassic Park" franchise, thanked "Jeffrey and the girls" in a 2012 email to the convicted sex offender. Jack Horner, a renowned paleontologist who worked as a consultant on all seven films…...
Prehistoric water-dwelling weirdo with sideways teeth and a twisted jaw was already a 'living fossil' 275 million years ago
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (554+ words) Scientists have described Tanyka amnicola, a newly identified species of prehistoric creature that lived 275 million years ago and had a bizarre twisted jaw with sideways-facing teeth. Night Sky This Week Paleontologists have revealed a bizarre prehistoric creature with a twisted…...
Bizarro salamander ancestor was an evolutionary oddball
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (477+ words) Published Mar 3, 2026 7:05 PM EST It was also an extremely strange creature. So strange, in fact, that paleontologists initially thought they were looking at an ancient aberration when they discovered the first jawbone of this salamander-esque creature in a dry riverbed…...
275-Million-Year-Old Fossil With a Twisted Jaw Reveals an Unexpected Tetrapod
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (475+ words) Learn how Permian-era fossils from Brazil led researchers to a tetrapod with a twisted jaw from a lineage once thought extinct. In a dry riverbed in northern Brazil, paleontologists kept finding the same strange bone. Each was about six inches…...
This ancient plant-eater had a twisted jaw and sideways-facing teeth
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (245+ words) Even for its time, Tanyka was a "living fossil" from a lineage that scientists thought had already gone extinct In a new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers described the new species, giving…...
These Amber Fossils Offer a “Snapshot of Life on Earth Millions of Years Ago”
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (467+ words) Learn what amber fossils can teach us about ancient ecosystems and prehistoric insects. About 99,000 million years ago, some ants were going about their daily business when they were entrapped in an amber prison. Today, researchers are using this relic, and…...
Paleontologist tied to 'Jurassic Park' is out at Chapman after Epstein connection, but the true horror is in his own words
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (355+ words) The paleontologist known for his work on the beloved Jurassic Park films, John "Jack" Horner, is officially no longer with Chapman University following revelations about his unsettling association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This news broke after a recent…...
66-million-year-old triceratops fossil heading to auction
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (19+ words) 66-million-year-old triceratops fossil heading to auction'CBS News 66-million-year-old triceratops fossil heading to auction...
Paleontologists Solve the Mystery of a Twisted Jawbone With Sideways Teeth
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (242+ words) The Tanyka was a little like a platypus The jawbone, the team determined, belonged to a tetrapod species that they dubbed Tanyka amnicola, a living fossil even in its own day 275 million years ago. Many stem tetrapods died out after…...