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Palaeontology

Discussion of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of fossils

Latest posts

Thread title / Started by	Last Post	Replies	Views
The Ornithomimosaur Thread	25-04-12 19:24 Adam Khor	15	2.2K
The Plesiosaur Thread (Pliosaurs and polycotylids included) 1 2	14-05-12 0:31 Adam Khor	42	8.4K
The Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian Thread- Early animal weirdness	05-06-17 21:21 Adam Khor	10	1.1K
The Prehistoric Hyena Thread (Hyaenidae and Percrocutidae)	30-12-13 2:26 Adam Khor	5	874
The Palaeoichnology Thread- Ancient footprints, trackways etc	04-09-17 20:39 Adam Khor	13	1.9K
The Paleobotany Thread- Prehistoric plants, trees etc 1 2	21-08-12 23:27 Adam Khor	42	6.3K
Glyptodonts were giant armadillos after all Poll	24-02-20 3:55 Adam Khor	0	193
The Prehistoric Turtle Thread 1 2	17-05-12 18:24 Adam Khor	39	7.9K
Eusaurophargis, a Triassic, horny toad lookalike Poll	07-02-20 4:32 Adam Khor	0	317
Ozimek, another weird gliding reptile from the Triassic Poll	07-02-20 4:31 Adam Khor	0	629
Eretmorhipis, a strange, platypus-like reptile of the Triassic Poll	07-02-20 4:31 Adam Khor	0	46
The Prehistoric Penguin Thread	21-11-12 0:28 Adam Khor	6	1K
The Prehistoric Arachnid Thread	08-10-12 22:58 Adam Khor	14	1.8K
Unique Siberian dinosaur, reconstructed Poll	10-12-19 2:41 Adam Khor	0	136
Rativates evandens, new ostrich-dinosaur found in Canada Poll	10-12-19 2:38 Adam Khor	0	176
Male mammoths fell into natural traps more often than females Poll	10-12-19 2:36 Adam Khor	0	217
Strange, toothless, suction-feeding dolphin of the Oligocene Poll	10-12-19 2:35 Adam Khor	0	316
This is the best nodosaur fossil ever found Poll	10-12-19 2:34 Adam Khor	0	541
New species of prehistoric giraffe found in Spain Poll	10-12-19 2:33 Adam Khor	0	257
"Phantom" dicynodont rediscovered Poll	10-12-19 2:32 Adam Khor	0	49
Did humans practice brain surgery on this cow? Poll	10-12-19 2:31 Adam Khor	0	84
New Gibbon species discovered in Ancient Chinese Tomb Poll	10-12-19 2:30 Adam Khor	0	47
Palaeolithic hand axe Poll	10-12-19 2:26 HoteiMarkii	0	85
Heteronectes and the wandering eye Poll	05-12-19 3:39 Adam Khor	0	338
World's most complete Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum, London Poll	05-12-19 3:23 Adam Khor	0	745
The Hyaenodont and creodont thread	19-12-15 8:05 Adam Khor	5	794
The Phorusrhacidae Thread- Anything terror bird-related	14-07-19 7:09 Adam Khor	2	255
Big Toothed Spanish Allosaur Poll	10-10-19 20:27 Galvasean	0	757
The Smithsonian tears its Allosaurus apart Poll	10-10-19 20:24 Adam Khor	0	220
Juvenile Allosaurus auctioned, fails to sell Poll	10-10-19 20:23 Adam Khor	0	377