Medium has a story with a nice summary of important paleontological discoveries in May 2021.
Several fascinating paleontological discoveries are taking place each month. Scientists working in the field publish numerous studies, describe new prehistoric species, and propose exciting theories about the biology and behavior of many extinct animals.
This article will do a quick recap of the most important paleontological discoveries and updates from May 2021.
- The dinosaur that hunted in the dark
- New giant saber-toothed cat once terrorized North America
- Fossilized skin of iconic sauropod discovered
- A giant bird lived along with the last European dinosaurs
- The oldest centrosaurid yet found?
- A new mosasaur from Morocco
- A new titanosaur from Brazil
- Other mammals, not dinosaurs, held our ancestors back
- A new genus of crested dinosaur found in Mexico
- Ancient mammal tracks discovered in aquatic environments
- South African sauropodomorph had irregular growth
- Prehistoric whale grew both teeth and baleen
