The temnospondyl discovered on Noonkanbah station was called Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis. It was named in 1972 by Cosgriff and Garbutt based on three fossil skull pieces that were retrieved on ...

Between two of the sites currently hosting events in the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics lies an immense dinosaur trackway only ...

“DNA is much easier to find in the ‘soft parts’ of an animal – their organs, blood vessels, nerves, muscle and fat,” ...

Researchers have identified a new species of early crocodile relative from a Late Triassic fossil found in southwest Britain.

A fast-moving ancient crocodile ancestor gets a name honoring the physics teacher who inspired its discoverer.

To sort the earliest branches of the dinosaur family tree, paleontologists compare skeletons piece by piece. They build evolutionary trees from hundreds of anatomical traits—hip sockets, vertebrae, ...

A 215-million-year-old crocodylomorph discovered in the United Kingdom has been identified as a new species, Galahadosuchus ...

A newly discovered fossil of a tiny dinosaur from Brazil is offering surprising insights into how early sauropodomorphs (ancestors of the gigantic sauropods) grew and developed. The specimen, found in ...

A newly-identified species of ancient crocodile has been named after an "inspirational" teacher by the scientist leading the ...

Learn how fossil evidence uncovered a new Triassic crocodylomorph species and reshaped our understanding of early crocodile ...

Nyasasaurus parringtoni may take the crown as the oldest dinosaur fossil known to science. It lived during the Middle Triassic around 243 million years ago, and left behind remains that predate other ...