A fossil found in southwest Germany in 1978 has been deemed to represent a new species of marine reptile known as a ...

Bridging Two Ancient Predators The Jormungander walhallaensi is estimated to have measured about 24 feet long, featuring ...

Biodiversity was booming in the early Cretaceous Period, and not just among dinosaurs. The oceans also teemed with life, including some monstrous predators unlike anything alive today. In a new ...

"Fossils also show a change in the shape of snake vertebrae in the aftermath, resulting from the extinction of Cretaceous lineages and the appearance of new groups, including giant sea snakes up ...

that the deep sea was uninhabited before the Cretaceous period, that it was colonized multiple times anew, and that some fish groups used it as a refuge during mass extinctions. Researchers have now ...

The land tortoises, or nanhsiungchelyids, were the largest such creatures during the Cretaceous period, with the fossilized egg dating back 75 to 90 million years.

Geologists recently discovered the fossil of a Cretaceous-era mosasaur vertebra near Starkville, Mississippi. The experts believe the apex predator of the ancient seas could have weighed 20,000 ...

Edmonton Paleontologists discover rare fossils of a Cretaceous-era lizard near Grande Prairie, Alta. The prehistoric lizard is related to the Gila monster ...

Object Details issuing body Western Australian Museum Notes Includes pull-out sheet of stickers. For primary school age. Summary The world during the Cretaceous Period was a very different place to ...

66-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Is Found in Denmark In the Cretaceous period, a shark or another kind of fish found sea lilies less than digestible. What you might expect followed.

Paleontologists in China have discovered a brand new species of burrowing dinosaur that dates back an estimated 125 million years ago.