Tag Archive for 'Devon'

Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae. Image credit: Bob Nicholls.

Fossil of Oldest Known Lepidosaur Unearthed in UK

Sep 10, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed a complete skull and skeleton of a Triassic lepidosaur species — named Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae — in the...

Fossilized ripple marks on the floor of the Calamophyton forest. Image credit: Neil Davies.

Earth’s Oldest Known Fossil Forest Discovered in England

Mar 7, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The 390-million-year-old forest landscape, archived within the Eifelian Hangman Sandstone Formation of Somerset and Devon in England, is roughly 4 million...

The network of Roman roads in South West Britain. Image credit: Parcero-Oubina et al., doi: 10.5334/jcaa.109.

Archaeologists Find Evidence for Roman-Era Road Network in South West Britain

Aug 8, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-discovered Roman road network system privileged the movement of animal-drawn wheel vehicles and is possibly the result of an evolutionary model,...