... Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Bruce J. MacFadden, curator of ... dynamite blasts to map and collect exposed fossils.
"This is one of very few places in the tropics where ...
Mapping mountains and valleys of fossil teeth can shed light on ancient humans' diets.
Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian ... " scooped up coal above them, Kay said. The teeth were dated by identifying microscopic marine plankton ...
TAMBA, Japan, June 21 (UPI) -- Museum officials in Japan say fossilized teeth from an ancestor of the tyrannosaurus have been found in the Hyogo Prefecture.
Earlier this week scientists studying fossilized teeth from a
hadrosaur revealed how the duck-billed dinosaur chewed plants for
food. Now another team, analyzing what may be the most intact
dinosaur ...
... the June issue of Geology.
The team used an analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes extracted from the fossil teeth of three varieties of mammals from Ellesmere Island -- a hippo-like, semi-aquatic ...
... paleontologist Larisa DeSantis, researchers examined fossil teeth from mammals at two sites representing ... enamel, allowing scientists to determine the diets of fossil mammals. Lower ratio values suggest ...
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: An analysis of tooth scratches on fossilized teeth reveals how duck-billed dinosaurs ate — and hints at what they ate as well.
... for continued growth using subtle clues from fossilized teeth. "Teeth fill in over time," said Binder. "In young ... -Samuels and Binder x-rayed the lower teeth and jaws of 13 American lions and 19 ...
... of expert identification versus computer analysis in reconstructing fossils. The investigation, based on fossil teeth from extinct vertebrates, found that the most specialized experts provided the ...