Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays of this age in ...

In the 1800s, miners found beautifully preserved fossils of animals from the Eocene. In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting ...

A new article describes two new fossil relatives of marsupials that shed light on how a unique island ecosystem evolved some 43 million years ago during the Eocene. Islands have been vital ...

Lower Eocene fossil fish material from the Thies Formation in the region of Bargny near the Cap-Vert peninsula, Senegal, reveals predator-prey interaction between two scombrid fishes, the first ever ...

A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country into the paleodiet of extinct paleotheriidae (or pseudo horses) provides information about their feeding strategy and the environment they ...

Thirty-seven species and subspecies of planktonic foraminifera, including one new species, have been identified from the Middle Eocene succession around Lakhpat, Cutch, western India. They occur ...

Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a study released February 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Karen Samonds of ...