Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
For more than a century, paleontologists studying the Late Jurassic seas that once covered southern Germany believed only…
APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn
APOD: 2026 August 11 – Six Moons of Saturn Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or…
244-Million-Year-Old Fossil Preserves Earliest Reptilian Digestive System
An exquisitely preserved specimen of Austronaga minuta, a small, long-necked marine reptile from the Triassic of China, contains…
Early Triassic Cyclidan Crustacean Had Powerful Jaws
Paleontologists have described a new species of enigmatic cyclidan crustacean on the basis of three well-preserved specimens from…
New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco
Paleontologists have identified a new, giant species of the mosasaur genus Pluridens from the Late Cretaceous phosphate deposits…