The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

Marine palaeoecosystems of the past are intricately linked with the diverse assemblages of fossil reptiles especially in the Mesozoic. Recent work has shown a much greater diversity of such Mesozoic ...

Once, long ago, a little reptile going about its business plopped itself down in the mud before getting up and carrying on with its day. Nearly 300 million years later, that brief rest has yielded the ...

The global fossil record of squamates, which includes lizards, mosasaurs, snakes, and amphisbaenians (A) is overwhelmingly incomplete, with most fossil species containing less than 20% of the totality ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a remarkable new flying reptile species, Bakiribu waridza, a ...

PARAISO DO SUL, Brazil, Nov 27 (Reuters) - When physician Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio unearthed a fossil in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state in 2014, he could barely imagine his discovery ...

Scientists discovered a crocodile relative that is 200 million years old and had two legs. The diversity of reptiles during the Triassic period is shown by this discovery, which is long before ...

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating the body, and were used for courtship, display, deterrence of enemies and, ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

A reptile from the Middle Triassic had a spectacular crest made from feather-like structures, around 100 million years before the first feathered dinosaurs. Its remains comprise two fossils with the ...

He also noted that features such as bipedalism, toothless beaks, hollow bones, and large eye sockets are typically associated ...