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Rare Miocene fossils join CMM holdings

Longtime fossil collector Barry Norbeck donated thousands of shells and other invertebrate fossils to the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Md., on Jan. 9, 2026. Museum officials described the ...
Forbes

Shark Fossils Illuminate Miocene Migration

PLATE 1. Figures 1–4: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (DGCUSB/BB-115,112), upper antero-lateral, Figures 5–6: Carcharhinus brevipinna (DGCUSB/BB-136), upper tooth, Figures 7–10: Carcharhinus perezi ...
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Fossils so perfect that cells are visible

Who could have imagined that iron-rich rocks, commonly associated with rust, could preserve fossils with such remarkable ...

Strange Red Rocks in Australia Are Challenging Long-Held Ideas About Fossils

Iron-rich rocks at McGraths Flat preserve Miocene rainforest life in remarkable detail, reshaping ideas about how and where ...
Salon

Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by fossil fuels

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...