📰 Paleo News Update — October 2, 2026

This 245-million-year-old fossil still has its stomach and intestines

Sep 29, 2026 · ScienceDaily

Paleontologists have described an exceptional fossil of the marine reptile Austronaga minuta, dating back 245 million years. This specimen provides rare, soft-tissue preservation that includes the stomach, liver, and intestines. While the creature was highly adapted for a life i…

Bats may have first evolved in Europe 65 million years ago

Sep 30, 2026 · ScienceDaily

Recent genomic and fossil analyses have provided significant new insights into the evolutionary history of bats, suggesting that these mammals first originated in Europe approximately 65 to 60 million years ago. This discovery challenges previous hypotheses regarding the timing …