A groundbreaking discovery by a team of paleontologists has unearthed the fossil of a colossal flying reptile from the Jurassic period, boasting an impressive wingspan exceeding three meters. This extraordinary find, unearthed in a gravel pit near Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, ranks among the largest pterosaurs from that era ever discovered. The fossil, which comprises part … Read more
Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their findings, published in Cretaceous Research, show a dramatically different ocean ecosystem to what we see today, with numerous giant top predators eating large prey, unlike modern ecosystems where a few apex predators—such … Read more
An international team of scientists from China, the U.S. and Europe has studied new fossils of the marine reptile Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. This research has made it possible to fully describe the bizarre, very impressive animal for the first time. Dinocephalosaurus orientalis had an unusually long neck and reminded the researchers of the snake-like representation of … Read more