Sentences with phrase «old paleontological»
«60 - year - old paleontological mystery of a «phantom» dicynodont.»
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Last year, headlines in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Scientific American and other outlets declared that a decades - old paleontological mystery had been solved.
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An Ice Age paleontological - turned - archaeological site in San Diego, Calif., preserves 130,000 - year - old bones and teeth of a mastodon that show evidence of modification by early humans.
The fossil hunters unearthed about 55 percent of the 65 - million - year - old skeleton — encased in a mixture of mud and sand known in paleontological jargon as the matrix — and sold it to the British businessman Graham Lacey, reportedly for $ 5 million to $ 8 million.
The authors hope that this study will help others digitally recreate paleontological, geological, or archaeological specimens that have been lost or deteriorated over time, but for which old photographic documentation exists.
However, paleontological data does not corroborate these hypotheses: the oldest known lorisiform fossil dates from a mere 37 million years ago.
The Katmai National Park and Preserve museum collection consists of more than 400,000 objects — from an paleontological samples to 9,000 - year - old artifacts.