Punk and Emo shook paleontologists worldwide by changing everything they knew about the origin of mollusks. Punk and Emo are nicknames given to two sets of fossils unearthed from Herefordshire ...

An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the ...

A study published in Science on the evolution of molluscan forms and genomes offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex and diverse biology of mollusks, | Plants And Animals ...

The Museum's collection of fossil molluscs is among the world’s most systematically, stratigraphically and geographically comprehensive. It includes more than 20,000 type and figured specimens. The ...

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers report. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the ...

From its well-preserved bones, the paleontologists believe that Chadititan was a small and slender dinosaur, with elongated vertebrae and delicate limbs that set it apart from other titanosaurs. It ...

But ammonites weren't reptiles: they were ocean-dwelling molluscs, specifically cephalopods. An ammonite fossil with a carved snake's head Zoë Hughes, Curator of Fossil Invertebrates at the Museum, ...

The team--John Nance, John Armstrong, George Cody, Marilyn Fogel, and Robert Hazen--collected samples from Calvert Cliffs, along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay, a popular fossil collecting area.

The few fossils are enough to start piecing together ... had thickly enameled teeth that could manage tough foods, such as mollusks, nuts, roots, underground stems and meat from small animals.

The Anomalocaris, a top Cambrian predator, is another highlight. The name means "unlike other shrimp" or "anomalous shrimp", ...