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Paleontologists associated with different institutions in Argentina, along with a scientist from the U.K., have identified specks of scales from lepidopterans—a family of winged insects including ...

A 28-centimetre fragment of fossilised jawbone—first unearthed on the Welsh coast in 1899—has now been formally recognised as part of a previously unknown, large-bodied theropod dinosaur. Researchers ...

Scientists have identified a new species of extinct crocodile kin that reveals they unexpectedly ruled the coasts of the Triassic period. The groundbreaking discovery of the Benggwigwishingasuchus ...

The Museum at Texas Tech is showing off a new collection of prehistoric fossils, including the remains of one dinosaur named ...

In Paraíso do Sul in southern Brazil, scientists discovered a fossil of a dog-sized reptile dating back to 237 million years ago. The creature, a newly described species named Gondwanax paraisensis, ...

From left to right: Dr. Hirokazu Yukawa, Professor Takafumi Kato, and Curator Kyoko Ikari examine the Triassic fossil-bearing rock that led to the discovery of Japan’s first ichthyosaur from western ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable ...

Tucked away in a remote bonebed in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park laid hundreds of fossils, including a fragile jawbone belonging to one of the oldest-known flying reptiles: the pterosaur.

Artist's impression of Diamantinasaurus matildae, a long-necked sauropod dinosaur. (Travis Tischler via Courthouse News) (CN) — High in the Andes mountains of northwestern Argentina, at an elevation ...