Paleoclimatologists have precisely reconstructed monthly sea surface temperatures at around 50 °N latitude from fossil shells of bivalve mollusks that...
The newly-discovered species of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur, named Australotitan cooperensis, is the largest species of dinosaur ever found in Australia.
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A new genus and species of side-necked turtle that lived 96 million years ago (Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch) has been identified from the...
Paleontologists have described a new species of mosasaur based on two complete skulls and jaws found in Morocco.
An artist’s impression of Pluridens...
A new genus and species of horned (ceratopsid) dinosaur has been identified from an incomplete skeleton found in New Mexico, the United States.
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Shuvuuia deserti, a species of alvarezsauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous epoch in what is now Mongolia, had extreme low-light vision...
Sahonachelys mailakavava, a newly-identified species of pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, had an unusually flattened skull, a...
Yamatosaurus izanagii roamed our planet 71.8 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous epoch.
This artist’s illustration of Yamatosaurus izanagii...
A new genus and species of lithostrotian titanosaur has been identified from a partial skeleton found in northern Chile.
Life reconstruction of Arackar...
Paleontologists estimate that the abundance of one of the best-known dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, at any one time was about 20,000 individuals, that the...
An international team of paleontologists has discovered a 5.7-cm-long stegosaur footprint in Xinjiang province, China.
A life reconstruction of the stegosaur...
Paleontologists have found that the thin neck vertebrae of the azhdarchid pterosaurs got their strength from an intricate internal structure.
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Paleontologists have found an exceptionally preserved short-winged flower beetle and associated pollen aggregations and coprolites in a piece of mid-Cretaceous...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur, based on the skeletal remains found in New...
Fossiomanus sinensis and Jueconodon cheni, two distantly related species of mammaliamorphs that lived some 120 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch),...
A new genus and species of furileusaurian (stiff-backed lizard) abelisaurid dinosaur being named Llukalkan aliocranianus has been discovered by a team...
A new species of shark with hypertrophied, slender pectoral fins has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in northern Mexico.
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A new genus and species of aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur has been described from a partial skeleton found in central Chile.
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