Paleontological discoveries are becoming more and more surprising, especially considering the latest find by a group of experts who have discovered what is known as a new type of d ...

Scientists have spent more than a century wondering if a large and anatomically quirky flying reptile fossil represented a distinct species from its much smaller peers. Not so, researchers report ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

Remnants of a bizarre “shark-toothed” aquatic predator that lived alongside dinosaurs were probably forged, according to new research. The fossil possesses highly unusual blade-like teeth ...

This summary highlights key findings from recent studies that contribute to our understanding of lizard and snake evolution in the fossil record. One significant area of research involves the ...

Researchers have discovered clear chemical traces of decaying collagen in a duck-billed dinosaur fossil, upending previously ...

a type of flying reptile called a pterosaur, that may have died in just such a scenario. The fossil, examined under a microscope and with micro-CT scans, has a conical puncture a sixth of an inch ...

At the time, paleontologist Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach (1871-1952) assigned the fossil to the genus Carcharodontosaurus, meaning shark-toothed lizard. Measuring about 10 metres long ...