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Did they just find a real Cretaceous Kraken? A new giant beak fossil of the Cretaceous genus, Nanaimoteuthis, is described. Scientists find that the 5 species of Nanaimoteuthis can be sunk into 2 and that these cephalopods were actually part of the finned octopus group – Cirrata. The new giant jaw implies a much larger size than previous fossils. The authors provide a huge range! 0.67-1.84m mantle length for N. jeletzkyi 1.58-4.43m mantle length for N. haggarti but tentacle length could expand that to great sizes depending on the proportions of the actual soft tissue of the body. The paper throws out a total length estimate of 7-19m / 23-62ft. However, since the only remains preserved are beaks, and since octopods and squids have a huge variety of body shapes and proportions, this estimate is pretty much made-up B.S.! No real justification for it. Was it big? HELL YEAH! Was it bigger than the biggest mosasaurs? nah... --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Shin Ikegami et al. ,Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans.Science392,406-410(2026).DOI:10.1126/science.aea6285 /doi/10.1126/science.aea6285 --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #mammal #gobiconodon #paleontology

A bunch of fossils - including shell, limbs, and skull - of a large tortoise is recovered from Jradzor Diatomite Mine, Ararat Province, Armenia. The author team decided to name the new Tortoise, Testudo sahakyanae. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Vlachos E, Vasilyan D (2026) A new species of a bony spur-thighed tortoise from the Early Pliocene (MN15) of Jradzor site, Armenia, and the origin of the Testudo graeca (Testudines, Testudinidae) complex. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 145: 553-578. /10.3897/sjp.145.182210 /article/182210/ --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #tortoise #testudo #paleontology

New Greek Miocene Badger is described as Archaeomeles neglecta. It was unique from living Badgers for its long low snout indicating a diet of small vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Kargopoulos, N., Valenciano, A., Jiangzuo, Q., Liakopoulou, D., Gerakakis, N., Kampouridis, P., … Roussiakis, S. (2026). A new genus of badger from Pikermi (Greece) and a review of the systematics and evolution of Miocene Melinae (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 24(1). /10.1080/14772019.2026.2647483 /doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2026.2647483 --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #mammal #badger #paleontology

New species of a potential Temnodontosaurus trigonodon - UMO BT 011237.00 - is described from the Upper Toarcian Jurensismergel Formation of Mistelgau, Germany. These bones are beautifully preserved in 3 dimensions with stomach contents, including gastroliths! --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Eggmaier SA, Albert UEG (2026) A partial skeleton of Temnodontosaurus cf. trigonodon in three-dimensional bone preservation from the upper Toarcian of Mistelgau, Germany. Zitteliana 100: 39-80. /10.3897/zitteliana.100.172724 --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #mammal #gobiconodon #paleontology

Gobiconodon zofiae is re-described, and the list of traits that diagnose it are further solidified. A new species is also named, Gobiconodon gongzhulingensis, based on some chunks of the face and teeth. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app013132025.html?fbclid=Iwb21leARZRlVjbGNrBFlGQWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHjP-pgDlHzQTU1B3TbLqZ8Zmw_PVIjntjfXNsVcGb_l1F-KAeVZJ7SZMO6Uy_aem_BMckgDvNVEcTrtPBtAKWVw --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #mammal #gobiconodon #paleontology

New basal whale is described from Eocene of India as Kalakocetus aurorae, based on a jaw and some teeth. That may seem odd, but remember that mammal teeth are highly diagnostic to species-level, unlike dinos. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Waqas, M., Weppe, R., Lazzari, V. et al. A basal representative of Cetacea from the Eocene of India. Nat Ecol Evol (2026). /10.1038/s41559-026-03055-9 /articles/s41559-026-03055-9 --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #whale #kalakocetus #paleontology

Possible evidence of burrowing in "Prosauropod," Anchisaurus, is briefly noted in a much larger volume on the Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstätten in Newark Supergroup Rift Basins. The specimen is the Neotype of Anchisaurus, found in the 1800s --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ References ✅ Paul E. Olsen and Nicholas G. McDonald "Environmental Context of Triassic-Jurassic Lagerstätten in Newark Supergroup Rift Basins, Eastern North America, with Special Reference to Footprint Assemblages," Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 67(1), 101-185, (24 April 2026). /10.3374/014.067.0106 /journals/bulletin-of-the-peabody-museum-of-natural-history/volume-67/issue-1/014.067.0106/Environmental-Context-of-Triassic-Jurassic-Lagerst%c3%a4tten-in-Newark-Supergroup-Rift/10.3374/014.067.0106.full --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #dino #anchisaurus #paleontology

Benjamin Bartlett, composer of the Walking With Series, and many other projects, has sadly passed away at the age of 61. Here's what Impossible Pictures posted about him (Most likely written by Tim Haines): "Devastated to hear that Ben Bartlett, the brilliant composer I used on Walking With Dinosaurs, has passed away. It was a huge shock, he was still in his prime. Almost 30 years ago when I started on WWD I had never worked with a composer, then I got a pitch from a composer who had never worked in television. But the pitch was so good, so full of mystery, majesty and excitement I did not hesitate. It was my lucky day. His music was the heart of the show. The emotion that beat under the glorious images. He will be sorely missed. He was a charming, modest and passionate man. A pleasure to work with and a genius musician. The music you hear now on this post is that first pitch he sent in - I still listen to it today. God bless you Ben."

I'm launching, SPINO SUMMER 2026! This summer I will be putting out pretty much nothing but Spinosaur content every week for three months straight. I know it will be a huge undertaking, but I think I can do it more easily than trying to make a whole week's worth of content on top of one video every week. Please take part in any way you feel like! --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔔 DM for credit corrections or removal. All rights belong to the respective artists 🔔 💥 Want to be featured? Tag @edge_science and use #EDGEScience 💥 --------------------------------------------------------------- #dinosaurs #SpinoSummer2026 #spinosaurus #fypシ❤️💞❤️

This week on @peoplearefish I have assembled the sci-com avengers alongside YOU the audience to ask @doritodon everything we could possibly ask about Spinosaurus Miribilus. Link to full video in bio. Two weeks ago we posted a video to announce the unveiling of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new species of Dinosaur found in Niger, Central Africa by Paul Sereno et. al. 2026. This week, paleontologist Daniel Vidal is back to answer YOUR most burning questions alongside questions from dinosaur and paleontology science communicators YourDinosaursAreWrong, PaleoAnalysis, DinoGuy, DailyDinoGuy, DinoFax, EDGE Science, Jimmy from Dinosaurs will Always Be Awesome, BKbonesdinos, Ashley Hall, Natures Compendium, Skye Walker from Elevation Science, Raptor Chatter, paleoartist Tyler Stone and Dr Emily Keeble. This is #DanVidalUnleashed! And everyone is invited. Also this video is a chance to highlight the explosion of paleoart that has happened in response to this paper. Nearly 100 artists kindly allowed me to feature their artwork in this video. Thank you to everyone for submitting your work. Their pages are below (arranged in alphabetical order) please check them out and follow them if you like what they do. Thank you @ninamakesart for the incredible thumbnail art! 🔥

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Extremely well-known and world-renowned paleontologist Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues has suddenly passed away at the age of 70. He was a Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC and was loved among those who knew him as a kind, upbeat person who inspired many others in the pursuit of science. We lost another good one, RIP.