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A newly discovered genus and species of pseudoarchosaur has been revealed from fossils found in southern Brazil. Taingraqaskus Bellator. Image credit: Caio Fantini. Taingraqaskus Bellator inhabited…
Paleontologists have uncovered fossilized tracks of reptile-like creatures from the early Carboniferous Tonan period, approximately 355 million years ago, within the snow plain formation in Victoria,…
Researchers in Australia have discovered the oldest known fossil footprint of reptile-like animals, dating back roughly 350 million years ago. This discovery implies that the first…
Paleontologists have described a new species of pachypleurosaur that lived during the mid-Triassic period in southwestern China. holotype of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis From the Guanling Formation, China:…
A new genus and species of Triassic gracillid reptile has been identified from fossils discovered in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. Artistic representations of the…
Australian paleontologists have discovered the fossilized skeleton of a previously unknown Anhangeria pterosaur, dating back 100 million years. Reconstructing your life Haliskia petersenii Image courtesy of…
Illustration of a carcass of Ichthyotitan severnensis washed up on the beachSergey Krasovsky The fossilized remains of an ancient 200 million-year-old ichthyosaur unearthed on the coast…
Forget about megalodons being scary, there’s a new prehistoric creature in town with jaws that may rival Meg’s in power, making it the largest marine reptile…
Detailed explanations are provided by paleontologists from Germany, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dinocephalosaurus orientalis a remarkable marine reptile from the Middle Triassic…
The gliding-winged reptile called Queneosaurus lived in what is now the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England, during the Triassic period, about 210 million years ago. Queneosaurus…
Captorhinus aguti, an ancient reptile that may be the source of the oldest skin fossilsmichael debraga The collection of fossilized skin fragments is the oldest ever…