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The fossilized remains of a nearly 75-million-year-old “swamp dweller” have been discovered by paleontologists in northwest Colorado. The University of Colorado team behind the discovery has been ...

In 2016, John Foster was walking around the sandstone countryside that defines northwest Colorado when he stopped at something peculiar ingrained in the rock. It was a fossil — a jaw about an inch ...

A study published in the the journal PLOS ONE announced the discovery of a new species of prehistoric mammal named Heleocola piceanus. According to the study conducted by a team of paleontologists ...

A team of paleontologists working near Rangely, Colorado, has uncovered a new (or, more accurately, very old) state resident—a fossil mammal about the size of a muskrat that may have scurried through ...

RANGELY, Colo. — University of Colorado Boulder announced Wednesday that a team of paleontologists working in the northwest corner of Colorado have discovered a "swamp dweller" that was alive during ...