What is the weirdest fossil ever found?

5 Strangest Fossils Ever Found

• Gigantic Ant Fossil.
• The Devil Frog, Beelzebufo.
• A Nest of 15 Baby Dinosaurs.
• Biggest Prehistoric Megalodon Shark Jaw.
• Spider Attack Fossil (100 million years old)

What did the moa eat?

Habitat and diet Preserved stomach contents have shown that the moa ate a diet of twigs, seeds, fruit and leaves, and browsed on shrubs, rather than grazed on grass. Some of the specimens of moa which have been found include pieces of skin and mummified body tissue which have been preserved.

What is the newest fossil found?

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. Scientists called the creature a “sea monster” that “surely did a lot of damage.”

Is Sue the T. rex real?

At more than 40 feet long and 13 feet tall at the hip, SUE is physically the largest Tyrannosaurus rex specimen discovered, out of more than 30 T. rex skeletons that have been found. SUE is also the most complete—around 90 percent. We have 250 of the approximately 380 known bones in the T.

Can we bring back the moa?

Cloning is the most common form of de-extinction, but scientists can also slip ancient DNA sequences into the eggs of live species. Harvard researchers believe they may be able to bring the little bush moa back from extinction using this method. Scientists are also close to bringing the dodo out of extinction.

Is the moa bird still alive?

For millions of years, nine species of large, flightless birds known as moas (Dinornithiformes) thrived in New Zealand. Then, about 600 years ago, they abruptly went extinct.

Are dinosaurs alive?

Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

How old is the Megalapteryx foot in New Zealand?

According to archaeological analysis, the foot belonged to 3,300-year-old upland moa. The foot is currently held by the Museum of New Zealand. A preserved Megalapteryx foot, Natural History Museum. Photo Credit It had no wings or tail and, unlike other Moas, it had feathers which fully covered its body.

Is this dinosaur’s foot a hoax?

In short, the picture of preserved foot is not any Dinosaur discovery; it belongs to a giant flightless Moa bird that became extinct around 1500 AD. Hoax. Like it? Share with your friends!

Is this the best preserved dinosaur foot of the century?

It belongs to a Megalapteryx and its skin is considered the best preserved dinosaur tissue to date. These picture messages doing rounds on internet claim to show the discovery of the century – a preserved foot of a real Dinosaur.

Who discovered the gas oxygen?

The French chemist Antoine Lavoisier later claimed to have discovered the gas independently of Priestley. He named it oxygen (meaning ‘acid maker’), and investigated its properties.