In 1902, professional fossil hunter Barnum Brown excavated a stunning set of bones from eastern Montana’s Cretaceous period rocks. The remains were clearly from a large carnivore—far more imposing ...

Scientists in Australia have uncovered rare fossils of Obdurodon insignis, a 25‑million‑year‑old platypus species that retained large, functional teeth and a strong bite. The finds include a molar, a ...

Fossils in China reveal early life that predates animals and show that ancient ecosystems were more complex than previously ...

Introduction -- Purpose -- Geology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Ash beds ; Coal seam or zone markers ; Palynology ; Palaeo-magnetostratigraphy -- Types of preservation and methods of study.

The three fossil specimens (from left to right), Avisaurus darwini, Avisaurus sp., and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all of which are represented by a tarsometatarsus. They are all shown to scale with one ...

It looked, at first, like the sort of fossil Rudy Lerosey-Aubril knew well. After a long day of teaching, the Harvard ...

Coastal tracks in South Africa show dinosaurs lived there millions of years longer than expected, filling gaps left by scarce ...