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A reversal of Earth’s geomagnetic field

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Approximately 42,000 years ago the Earth’s geomagnetic field reversed, triggering dramatic climate shifts and fueling ecological change on a global scale.

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February 23, 2021

Fossil species named for U professor Kathleen Ritterbush

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Name honors Ritterbush’s research in the rock formation where the fossil shell was found.

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January 11, 2021

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG

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A team of international paleontologists, including Adam Huttenlocker at the U, determine how some mammal relatives survived the Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction.

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April 8, 2016

PIG-SNOUTED TURTLE DISCOVERED

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A 76-million-year-old extinct species of a pig-snouted turtle unearthed in Utah is one of the most complete skeletons of a turtle from the age of dinosaurs.

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November 25, 2015

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