Early Predatory Dinosaurs Survived Shift in Their Ecosystem, Fossil Fragment Suggests
A single bone from southern Brazil indicates that herrerasaurids, among the first large meat-eating dinosaurs, persisted after the…
Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur
A fossil theropod vertebra about the length of a thumb, found in the Algarve region in southern Portugal,…
New Species of Predatory Dinosaur Identified in UK
A fossilized braincase that sat in in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London for a…
Peculiar New Species of Belemnite Unearthed in Wyoming
A new species of belemnite — an extinct relative of today’s cuttlefish and squid — has been identified…
Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times
Dongoconodon platycauda, a small eutriconodontan mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs in what is now northeastern China paddled through…
120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Pushes Back Origin of Marsupial Lineage
A new species of deltatheroidan mammal from China may be the oldest confirmed ancestor of marsupials yet found,…
Fossilized Vomit Reveals How Plesiosaurs Dined on Jurassic Seafloor
Dr. Dirk Knaust, a geologist with the Norwegian energy company Equinor ASA, has identified plesiosaur regurgitalites — the…
Researchers Reconstruct Face of Oldest Known Homo sapiens
Scientists have created a digital facial approximation of the Jebel Irhoud hominin, whose remains are dated to about…
Fossils from embryo to adult show how the bird-like dinosaur Troodon grew
Fossils from a bird-like dinosaur in Montana give researchers a rare view of growth from embryo to adult.…
Ancient Alligator Relative Lived Right After Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Paleontologists have identified a new species of extinct alligatorid that lived in what is now Colorado just a…