Feb 17, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of small-sized dinocephalosaurid archosauromorph from the fossilized skeleton found in the Chinese...

Jan 23, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Understanding food chains in ancient ecosystems is one of the goals of paleoecology. Direct evidence for these interactions is rare and includes fossils...

Jan 8, 2025 by Sergio Prostak

Paleontologists in the United States have uncovered the fossilized remains of a new species of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in the northern hemisphere...

Jan 3, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Uruguay have discovered large, poorly preserved and incomplete skulls, as well as several associated bones, of ancient aquatic reptiles...

Dec 26, 2024 by News Staff

In 2022, biologists with Conservation International conducted a survey that uncovered a trove of biodiversity in the heart of the Alto Mayo landscape,...

Dec 20, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial cranial and postcranial remains found in Chubut Province, Patagonia,...

Dec 19, 2024 by News Staff

These relatives of Pterodactylus will allow paleontologists to reconstruct this flying reptile’s life history from hatchling to adulthood. Holotype specimen...

Dec 16, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of procolophonid reptile from the fossilized skull and jaw fragments found in southwest England. Life reconstruction...

Nov 25, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from the Late Cretaceous...

Nov 22, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of trogonophid amphisbaenian (worm lizard) from fossilized specimens found in Tunisia. Life reconstruction...

Nov 18, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of pachypleurosaur from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China. The holotype of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis...

Oct 11, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists say they’ve identified a new species of marine reptile in the ophthalmosaurid genus Platypterygius that lived approximately 125 million...

Oct 2, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of silesaurid being named Gondwanax paraisensis has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in Southern Brazil. Gondwanax...

Aug 1, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur being named Propterodacylus frankerlae documents the transition from the more ancient rhamphorhynchoid...

Jul 24, 2024 by News Staff

Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) are the largest living predatory lizards and their serrated, curved and blade-shaped teeth make them valuable analogues...

Jun 20, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of gracilisuchid reptile from the Triassic period has been identified from fossils found in the Santa Maria Formation in Brazil. Artistic...

Jun 17, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The 246-million-year-old specimen represents the geologically oldest sea-going reptile from the southern hemisphere. This image shows nothosaurs swimming...

Jun 13, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Australia have discovered fossilized skeletal remains that belonged to a previously unknown, 100-million-year-old anhanguerian pterosaur. Life...

Jun 5, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Pachystropheus rhaeticus — one of the last thalattosaur, a large sea-lizard that behaved like an otter — was able to move on land, but was...

May 30, 2024 by News Staff

The newly-discovered Late Triassic bone bed at Lavernock, South Wales, represents a storm deposit that preserves a rich coastal marine assemblage with...