Tag Archive for 'Arkansas'

An artist’s reconstruction of Cosmoselachus mehlingi. Image credit: American Museum of Natural History.

Devonian Shark Fossil Found in Arkansas

Mar 26, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of paleontologists from California State Polytechnic University and elsewhere has described a new genus and species of shark-like fish from the...

An illustration of Sciroseps pawhuskai. Image credit: Brian Engh.

Paleontologists Find Fossils of New Lizard and Fish Species in Arkansas

Oct 22, 2021 by News Staff

Two new species — the small skink Sciroseps pawhuskai and the pycnodontiform fish Anomoeodus caddoi — that lived during the Early Cretaceous...

Great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, August 2006. Image credit: Terry Goss / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ozarcus mapesae: Fossil Species Reveals Sharks aren’t Living Fossils

Apr 17, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History have described a shark species that lived during Carboniferous period, about 325 million years...

Ouachita Streambed Salamander (Eurycea subfluvicola). Image credit: Mike Steffen / University of Tulsa.

Eurycea subfluvicola: New Species of Salamander Discovered in Arkansas

Apr 15, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

Herpetologists from the University of Tulsa and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have described a new species of salamander from Lake Catherine State...