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A 3D Visualisation of Eriptychius americanus.

Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the...

A gigantic, ancient crocodylomorph species that was recently discovered grew slower than other large reptiles of its day, such as dinosaurs.

Crocks’ ancestors grew old sloooowly

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Drops of seawater contain traces of an ancient world

Fossilized poop, called coprolites, collected in Nong Yakong village, Chaiyaphum Province, Thailand. Coprolites are an important source for studying ancient parasites. Nonsrirach et al. under CC-BY 4.0

Fossil Poop “feces” infested with parasites from over 200 million years...

Reconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimps. Artwork by Shunyi Shu, Photo Copyright © Long Cheng, Wuhan Center of China Geological Survey.

Whale-like filter-feeding discovered in prehistoric marine reptile

The fossilized cervical vertebra and overlaying osteoderms of the new archosaur species Mambachiton fiandohana. © Nesbitt et al.

New archosaur species shows that precursor of dinosaurs and pterosaurs was...

Artistic reconstruction of Burgessomedusa by Christian McCall. © Christian McCall

Burgessomedusa phasmiformis.: Oldest known species of swimming jellyfish identified

Mesozoic mural depicting different ocean species that have evolved through time. [Credit: Smithsonian Institution]

Scientists discover 36-million-year geological cycle that drives biodiversity

Artwork by James Robins.

Flying reptiles had nurturing parental style

A new 145-million-year-old pterosaur. Credit: René Lauer

New fossil flying reptile ‘Elvis’ takes flight.

Left: Feathers from a baby bird that lived 99 million years ago, preserved in amber. Photo by Shundong Bi. Right: Illustration of what a newly hatched Enantiornithine bird may have looked like.

Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers

The fossil was found on a National Trust beach on the Isle of Wight

First side-necked turtle ever discovered in UK

Steve May, a research associate at the Jackson School of Geosciences, holds a fossil from a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. Credit: Jackson School of Geosciences/ The University of Texas at Austin.

Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas

An artist’s impression of the pliosaur by Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth

Giants of the Jurassic seas were twice the size of a...

The strange ridges on the teeth indicate a specialised feeding strategy, however its diet remains a mystery. (Photo by Dr Nick Longrich)

Fossil of mosasaur with bizarre ‘screwdriver teeth’ found in Morocco

Ammonite fossil From the Ohmden quarry, Posidonia shale lagerstatte. Credit: Sinjini Sinha

Golden fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation

Artist’s impression of two Troodons with a common nest. Illustration: Alex Boersma/PNAS

Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: Bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs...

A juvenile Edmontosaurus disappears into the enormous, lipped mouth of Tyrannosaurus. Credit Dr Mark Witton

Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips

Artist's impression of Ceratosuchops & orientation of skull endocast. Credit: Anthony Hutchings

Oldest spinosaur brains revealed

Image of fruit belonging to Palaeophytocrene chicoensis. The Sierra College Museum of Natural History is the permanent repository for this fossil. Credit: Brian Atkinson.

A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes...

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