Articles for tag: Dinosaurs, Mammoth, mystery, Paleontology

Fossil of Protorosaurus speneri

8 Fossil Mysteries Paleontologists Are Still Solving

Anna Lee

The coelacanth is often dubbed a “living fossil” due to its striking resemblance to fossils dating back 400 million years. Discovered alive in the 1930s, it defied the belief that it went extinct 66 million years ago. Paleontologists are actively investigating its ancestors to understand how the coelacanth managed to survive multiple mass extinctions, as ...