A long-snouted ichthyosaur fossil found on England’s Jurassic Coast fills a missing chapter in marine reptile evolution. (CREDIT: Bob Nicholls / University of Manchester) A fossil found over two ...

A skeleton discovered on Dorset’s Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ichthyosaur, called Xiphodracon ...

After much debate between scientists, a small skeleton found in a quarry near Bristol has been identified as the world’s oldest lizard. In the initial study, the reptile skeleton was named ...

A skeleton had been waiting for nearly half a century in the storage of a German museum without being analyzed. It was only recently that it caught the attention of researchers, leading to the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The National Museum of Natural ...

A year after the first Jurassic-era bone fragments were found in the Malone Mountains of West Texas, a new ancient discovery popped up in Celina. Steve Schliesing, a 61-year old mechanical engineer, ...

Paleontologists have finally solved the mystery behind an elusive "sword dragon" skeleton found on the U.K.'s Jurassic Coast. In an Oct. 10 press release from the University of Manchester, officials ...

Recent fossil discoveries in Brazil have uncovered evidence that small, crocodile-like reptiles known as Parvosuchus aurelioi roamed the region before the age of dinosaurs. These ancient predatory ...

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The fossil remains of a species of flying reptile considered a close cousin of the dinosaur and believed to have roamed the earth tens of millions of years ago has been ...

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...