Kolponomos, the not-quite-a-bear that crunched shellfish for a living. This marine mammal's mouth was the perfect multi-tool for crunching shellfish.

Prehistoric Mammal Bit Like a Saber Cat, Crunched Like a Bear

A post about a fossil pangolin.

Palaeo Profile: North America's Pangolin

Newly discovered species of armoured fish was a giant. Not T. rex... B. rex.

Palaeo Profile: The Armoured Fish King

Teeth found the world over give away the existence of a shark previously unknown to science. Analysis of a new fossil shark suggests we should be saying *Otodus* megalodon.

Palaeo Profile: The Paradoxical Mega Shark

Where have all the hyenas gone?

North America Used to Have Its Very Own Hyena

Jaguars are Ice Age cats. How'd they survive while other felines perished?

How Jaguars Survived the Ice Age

A sad truth.

Extinction Is Forever: De-Extinction Can't Save What We Had

Brian Switek comments on how the Discovery channel doesn't know what a dinosaur is.

Discovery Doesn't Know What a Dinosaur Is

Check out this ancient, spork-toothed fish.

Veggivore Fish of the Triassic

Under the dome, I guess.

Palaeontologists Probe the Bonehead that Foreshadowed Domed Dinos