A single nest containing at least 47 fossilized crocodyliform eggs, dating back roughly 86 million years, has been described by researchers as the largest known Mesozoic crocodyliform egg clutch yet ...

In a study published in Historical Biology, Dr. Mohammed Naimi and his colleagues report the discovery of the first plesiosaurian remains from Algeria. Additionally, the fossil, dated to the Late ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new species of dome-headed dinosaur has been discovered in fossils found in Montana, according to researchers. The dinosaur, ...

The Late Cretaceous of South America has emerged as a focal point for investigations into ancient plant communities and their environmental contexts. Studies in paleobotany and palynology have ...

Second specimen collected by the 2001 joint American Museum-Mongolian Academy of Science expedition to the Gobi Desert. Cf. introd. Summary The late Cretaceous tyrannosaurid Alioramus altai is known ...

The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the details of their end have remained a matter of debate since the impact crater ...

Along a roadside in Anhui province, eastern China, cannonball-sized fossils recently caught the attention of paleontologists passing through the Qianshan Basin. Believed at first to be typical ...

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The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, plesiosaurians, and thalattosuchians, dominating food webs during the Jurassic and ...