Jurassic Crocodile Relative from Morocco Had Needle-Thin Teeth
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of teleosaurid thalattosuchian based on two specimens found in eastern…
Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought
Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million…
Scientists find evidence for several Earth axis shifts during the age of dinosaurs
A new study finds evidence that Earth may have undergone several episodes of rapid true polar wander during…
Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain
Paleontologists from Fundación Dinópolis have identified the first confirmed fossils of the genus Diplodocus found outside North America.…
Scientists Reconstruct Sound of Jurassic Insects
Using lasers, computer models and AI, researchers reconstructed the calls of 165-million-year-old relatives of modern crickets and katydids…
Jurassic Pliosaur Liopleurodon Was Big, but Not as Big as Once Feared
For several decades, Liopleurodon ferox — a short-necked marine reptile that patrolled the seas of what is now…
Small Sauropod Dinosaur from Jurassic Period Discovered in India
Paleontologists in India have unearthed a partial skeleton of a diminutive, previously unknown neosauropod dinosaur from the Middle…
New Species of Giant Long-Necked Dinosaur Identified in Argentina
Fossils unearthed on a remote Argentine ranch belong to a new genus and species of macronarian sauropod dinosaur,…
Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx
A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence —…
Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in China
A new genus and species of massopodan sauropodomorph that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch has been identified…
150-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Limping Sauropod Dinosaur Found in Colorado
Paleontologists have analyzed an exceptionally long sauropod trackway at the West Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado, the…
New Species of Sauropod Dinosaur Identified in Museum Drawer
A fossil braincase and partial skull roof from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has been reassessed and reclassified,…