RESEARCH WATCH
Research and museum updates
Evidence-led notes based on newly published papers and official museum announcements, with direct source links and review status.
Musango adds a new Late Triassic dinosaur to Zimbabwe
A museum-led study describes Musango matusadonaensis from the Lake Kariba region and places it among early sauropodomorph dinosaurs.
Based on: Natural History Museum, London — Musango announcementChosha praecursor illuminates the early history of insects
A new Carboniferous fossil from Texas was described as an early-diverging insect with an unusual combination of terrestrial and aquatic adaptations.
Based on: Nature — Amphibious stem-insect sheds light on colonization of land (published abstract)