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Fossil of Opisthiamimus gregori Fossil skeleton of the new lizard-like reptile Opisthiamimus gregori. The fossil was discovered in the Morrison Formation of the Bighorn Basin, north-central Wyoming, and dates to the Late Jurassic Period, approximately 150 million years ago. Credit: David DeMar for the Smithsonian Institution.

Discovery of extinct prehistoric reptile that lived among dinosaurs

The upper jaw of the infant of Yuanmoupithecus. Image courtesy of Terry Harrison, NYU's Department of Anthropology.

Early gibbon fossil found in southwest China: Discovery fills evolutionary history...

Earth is bombarded at random-GeologyPage

More than one asteroid could have spelled doom for the dinosaurs

Thalassotitan atrox grew up to 12 metres (40 feet) and was at the top of the food chain.

Fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million...

Skull and life reconstruction of Tyrannosaurus rex with original eye socket and eye (left) and hypothetical reconstruction with circular eye socket and enlarged eye (right). (Image credit: Dr Stephan Lautenschlager, University of Birmingham).

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites

Computer modelling showed sauropod feet had a soft tissue pad. Image: Dr Andreas Jannel

Prehistoric podiatry: How dinos carried their enormous weight

Spinosaurid dinosaurs teeth

The speed at which spinosaurid dinosaur teeth were replaced accounts for...

Plesiosaurus and spinosaurus may have both inhabited freshwater rivers

Plesiosaur fossils found in the Sahara suggest they weren’t just marine...

Paleontologists originally thought that T. rex had three claws, but later determined that it only had two. R. Mickens/©AMNH

Study refutes claim that T. rex was three separate species

Articulated left tibia and pes

A new giant dinosaur gives insight into why many prehistoric meat-eaters...

Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid by Anthony Hutchings. Credit: UoS/A Hutchings

Europe’s largest land predator unearthed on the Isle of Wight

Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Bizarre meat-eating dinosaur joins ‘Rogues’ Gallery’ of giant predators from classic...

Hot-blooded T. rex and cold-blooded Stegosaurus

Hot-blooded T. rex and cold-blooded Stegosaurus: Chemical clues reveal dinosaur metabolisms

Representative Image: Plesiosaur attack, artwork.

How plesiosaurs swam underwater

Genyornis eggshell recently exposed by wind erosion of sand dune in which it was buried, South Australia. Credit: Gifford Miller

First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, ancient proteins...

Tooth size comparison between extinct Early Pliocene Otodus megalodon tooth and a modern great white shark. © MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology

Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction

Middle: Microscopic plankton cell-wall coverings preserved as “ghost” fossil impressions, pressed into the surface of ancient organic matter (183 million years old). Th

Scientists have discovered a new type of fossilization

Examples of radiolarians, a type of microplankton. These tiny lifeforms need normal salinity seawater with plenty of nutrients including silica to grow and maintain their glassy shells. Researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics found fossilized radiolarians in geologic samples dating back 56 million years, proving that life persisted in the Gulf of Mexico despite global warming that left many oceans barren. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Research shows how Gulf of Mexico escaped ancient mass extinction

Partial skull of Maehary bonapartei (CAPPA/UFSM 0300), left side, highlighting the maxilla. Photo: Rodrigo Temp Müller.

A new 225-million-year-old reptile from Brazil

The fossil of Jurassic lizard Eichstaettisaurus. Credit: Jorge Herrera Flores

Researchers discover overlooked Jurassic Park of lizards

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