Lead author Alex Clark with the fossil foot bone of Avisaurus darwini, with SUE the T. rex, a fellow Hell Creek fossil, in the background. Credit: Kate Golembiewski, Field Museum.

Fossils indicate marine dispersal in osteoglossid fishes, a classic example of continental vicariance Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Published: 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1293 ...

The fossil was excavated in 2014 from a limestone quarry in southeastern Germany at a site rich in fossils from the latter part of the Jurassic Period (199.6 million to 145.5 million years ago).

Some of the fossils belonged to a giant pterosaur known as Arambourgiania philadelphiae and provided a first look at its bone structure, as well as confirmation that it had a wingspan of 32.8 feet ...

What was once thought to be a well-preserved fossil of an ancient reptile has been revealed to be a forgery made using black paint, carved rock and a couple of bones, according to a new study.

The structures are considered to be one of the oldest ecosystems on Earth, according to NASA, representing the earliest fossil evidence for life on our planet from at least 3½ billion years ago.