These fossils offer unique insights into the evolution of animals and the Eocene Epoch around 45 million years ago. At that time, the Geiseltal was a warm, tropical swamp. Ancient horses ...

The fossil was first scanned by Parry in 2019 ... "preserves critical evidence of the evolution of life in the oceans 450 million years ago," co-author Derek Briggs said in a news release.

The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of predation in North America Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent 76 million ...