At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/dinosaur-skull-unlike-anything-ever-seen/ … a fearsome looking beast, we are told, following the discovery of a dinosaur skull in northern Patagonia in Argentina. It is a new species of predator with an extremely scary appearance and had unusual auditory abilities. It too dates to the Late Cretaceous – this time, at around 80 million years ago on the uniformitarian geological column. It was dug out of the Bajo de la Carpa formation and was disturbed from its nestling place when paleontologists were digging out a plant eating sauropod. Was it on the supper menu. If so, it didn’t get to enjoy its lunch.
At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/insect-in-amber-something-growing-its-head/ … sealed in amber, an ant and a fly, have something growing out of their heads. Namely, parasitic fungi. The amber is dated 99 million years ago. Still within the Cretaceous.
At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/a-boy-found-fossil-sticking-out-of-rock/ … a family walk ended up with a dinosaur fossil, found poking out of a rock face. Rather, it is described as a hike – in Alberta’s Horseshoe Canyon. The fossil was protruding from rock – part of a 69 million year old Hadrosaur. The site contains sedimentary layers dated between 71 and 68 million years ago. Once again on the cusp of the iridium layer. The sediments were of sandstone and mudstone – once just sand and mud. Another association with water.